The third case of HIV infection is cured in the world

The hope of curing the HIV / AIDS disease once again was lit when a nine-year-old South African girl became the third cured case in the world.

Scientists on July 24 published the above information at the International Conference on AIDS that is taking place in Paris, France.

According to researchers, the girl was diagnosed with HIV at 32 days old. Later, he received a 10-month course of the anti-HIV drug testing program. The whole course of treatment ended at 1 year old.

At the end of the course, the test results showed that the number of HIV viruses in the child's blood from "very high" levels was "undetectable".

After 8 years and 9 months, HIV in her body fell into a state of "hibernation" and her current health is completely normal without receiving any further treatment.

People with HIV infection must take medication every day at a cost and suffer many side effects.

Scientists believe that this is a typical example of a cure that does not require continuous medication, similar to "functional healing."

Unlike the traditional healing method in which the virus is eradicated, with this "functional healing" method, HIV still exists in the patient's body, but the virus is too weak to rise or sexually transmitted diseases.

Previously, two patients considered to have cured this century's disease were Mr. Timothy Brown, 46, in the western United States, in July 2012 and a case of a 2-year-old, American, was awarded father in March 2013.

Researchers hope that people infected with the virus that are treated soon after infection will help their bodies someday activate the " functional healing" ability to have a long-term stable life. Researchers are focusing on studying this healing mechanism, in addition to studies aimed at finding a long-term cure.

Current antiretroviral therapy (ARV) only helps to suppress the activity of HIV virus, but it cannot eradicate this dangerous virus. People with HIV infection must take medication every day at a cost and suffer many side effects.

According to UN statistics, the number of AIDS-related deaths last year was 1 million, a reduction of nearly half compared with the peak of 1.9 million deaths in 2005. This is the first time Lien The country recognized the scale of the HIV / AIDS epidemic that has been controlled.

Also according to the United Nations report, last year, 19.5 million people out of nearly 37 million HIV cases were treated with ARV therapy, marking the first time more than half of people infected treated according to the above method.