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JACKSON, Miss. â Dr. Hannah Gay, University of Mississippi Medical Center associate professor of pediatrics, reports the following:
âThe Mississippi Baby continues to be followed carefully at the University of Mississippi Medical Centerâs pediatric clinic. She has not taken any HIV medications for almost two years and her virus has not returned. We are thrilled that she continues to do so well.â
Dr. Gay and her colleagues, Dr. Deborah Persaud, Johns Hopkins Childrenâs Center virologist, and Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga, University of Massachusetts Medical School immunologist, first discussed the Mississippi Baby case publicly a year ago at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), held in Atlanta.
Currently at CROI 2014 in Boston, Dr. Persaud is scheduled for Wednesday, March 5, to present a scientific abstract containing an update on the Mississippi Baby, including data from tests in the past year.
The presentation is scheduled to be available at
http://www.croiwebcasts.org/ after the session.
For the original March 2013 news release, click
here.
The childâs mother has elected to keep their identities and other personal information private.