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To the Editor: Descriptions of infants with reported clearance of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are both provocative and of some concern.^1,2,3 They raise a number of scientific questions that are difficult to answer on the basis of our current understanding of HIV transmission. Because these reported cases are critically important to understanding HIV transmission and clearance and have implications for the therapeutic control of HIV infection, it is essential that each reported case be fully documented according to criteria acceptable to the entire scientific community.

On October 5, 1995, an international workshop sponsored by the Pediatric AIDS Foundation was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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