(CNN)A French teenager infected at birth with HIV has shown the ability to control levels of the infection in her body -- without being on antiretroviral treatment.
The finding provides new hope that a "functional" cure for HIV -- where the virus is brought down to low levels but not eradicated in the body -- may one day be possible. The 18-year-old female, whose mother was HIV positive, was given antiretroviral treatment soon after birth but stopped at age six and has since maintained undetectable levels of the virus in her blood -- known as remission -- for 12 years. "This is the first [time] long-term remission has been shown in children, or adolescents," said Asier Saez Cirion from the Institut Pasteur in France, who presented the findings at the 8th IAS conference
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Monkeys were given the vaccine and then exposed to six doses of simian immunodeficiency virus, a close cousin to HIV which infects primates
Vaccine provided complete protection against infection in half of them
Positive results spurred pharmaceutical company to begin tests in humans
Vaccine has capacity to be an 'enormous public health impact', experts say
By Madlen Davies for MailOnline
Published: 09:45 GMT, 3 July 2015 | Updated: 14:09 GMT, 3 July 2015
An experimental vaccine completely prevented HIV infection in half of monkeys given the jab, a new study found. The monkeys were given the vaccine and then exposed to high doses of an aggressive virus that is the equivalent of HIV in humans. The result
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New antibody blocks protein receptor needed to infect human cells
Patients injected saw 300-fold reduction in amount of HIV in their blood
Scientists believe breakthrough could result in new vaccines against virus
By Lizzie Parry for MailOnline
Published: 08:35 GMT, 9 April 2015 | Updated: 10:05 GMT, 9 April 2015
A new HIV treatment pioneered using an antibody to attack the virus could lead to a new vaccine to prevent the infection. The first results to emerge from patient trials reveal the experimental therapy can dramatically reduce the level of virus in a patient's blood - their viral load. The scientists behind the discovery believe their findings offer new strategies for fighting or even preventing HIV infection. The antibody was
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When Phnom Penh was flooded with free condoms during the Water Festival last week—a public health push to ensure revelers who came for days of debauchery did so safely—the city’s condom vendors weren’t happy about it.
“During the Water Festival, my company got almost no orders from guesthouses because most of the customers who came to Phnom Penh got free condoms from the NGOs,” said Kem Vichet, director of PPES Group, the local distributor of Yoi condoms.
But the Water Festival is a once-a-year event, and other private companies in the condom sector say the government bodies and health NGOs who distributed condoms for free last week have also been helping the for-profit condom market take off.
The global health organiza
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The symptoms of HIV vary, depending on the individual and what stage of the disease you are in.
Early Stage of HIV: Symptoms
Within 2-4 weeks after HIV infection, many, but not all, people experience flu-like symptoms, often described as the “worst flu ever.” This is called “acute retroviral syndrome” (ARS) or “primary HIV infection,” and it’s the body’s natural response to the HIV infection.
Symptoms can include:
Fever (this is the most common symptom)
Swollen glands
Sore throat
Rash
Fatigue
Muscle and joint aches and pains
Headache
These symptoms can last anywhere from a few days to several weeks. However, you should not assume you have HIV if you have any of these symptom
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