Learning from the exceptions: HIV remission in post-treatment controllers

B Etemad, E Esmaeilzadeh, JZ Li - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Among the top priorities of the HIV field is the search for therapeutic interventions that can
lead to sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART)-free HIV remission. Although the majority of …

Paediatric HIV infection: the potential for cure

PJ Goulder, SR Lewin, EM Leitman - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Recent anecdotal reports of HIV-infected children who received early antiretroviral therapy
(ART) and showed sustained control of viral replication even after ART discontinuation have …

Broadly neutralizing antibody treatment maintained HIV suppression in children with favorable reservoir characteristics in Botswana

RL Shapiro, G Ajibola, K Maswabi, M Hughes… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) may provide an alternative to standard antiretroviral
treatment (ART) for controlling HIV-1 replication and may have immunotherapeutic effects …

The epidemiology of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV: a cross-region global cohort analysis

… Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and … - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Globally, the population of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV
(APHs) continues to expand. In this study, we pooled data from observational pediatric HIV …

Paediatric E uropean N etwork for T reatment of AIDS (PENTA) guidelines for treatment of paediatric HIV‐1 infection 2015: optimizing health in preparation for adult life

A Bamford, A Turkova, H Lyall, C Foster, N Klein… - HIV …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The 2015 Paediatric E uropean Network for Treatment of AIDS (PENTA) guidelines provide
practical recommendations on the management of HIV‐1 infection in children in E urope and …

A child with perinatal HIV infection and long-term sustained virological control following antiretroviral treatment cessation

A Violari, MF Cotton, L Kuhn, DB Schramm… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding HIV remission in rare individuals who initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART)
soon after infection and then discontinued, may inform HIV cure interventions. Here we …

No evidence of HIV replication in children on antiretroviral therapy

GU Van Zyl, MG Katusiime, A Wiegand… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
It remains controversial whether current antiretroviral therapy (ART) fully suppresses the
cycles of HIV replication and viral evolution in vivo. If replication persists in sanctuary sites …

Influence of age at virologic control on peripheral blood human immunodeficiency virus reservoir size and serostatus in perinatally infected adolescents

D Persaud, K Patel, B Karalius… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Combination antiretroviral therapy initiated within several weeks of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in adults limits proviral reservoirs that preclude HIV …

Index case finding facilitates identification and linkage to care of children and young persons living with HIV/AIDS in Malawi

S Ahmed, RA Sabelli, K Simon… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Evaluation of a novel index case finding and linkage‐to‐care programme to
identify and link HIV‐infected children (1–15 years) and young persons (> 15–24 years) to …

Clinical trials of antiretroviral treatment interruption in HIV-infected individuals

JSY Lau, MZ Smith, SR Lewin, JH McMahon - Aids, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Despite the benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV, there has been
a long-standing research interest in interrupting ART as a strategy to minimize adverse …