To the Editor: Descriptions of infants with reported clearanceof human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are both provocativeand of some concern.1,2,3 They raise a number of scientificquestions that are difficult to answer on the basis of our currentunderstanding of HIV transmission. Because these reported casesare critically important to understanding HIV transmission andclearance and have implications for the therapeutic controlof HIV infection, it is essential that each reported case befully documented according to criteria acceptable to the entirescientific community.
On October 5, 1995, an international workshop sponsored by thePediatric AIDS Foundation was . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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