WAP2003062601 - WASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- "Michael," who did not wish to have his last name revealed, gets tested with the new OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody test at the Whitman-Walker clinic in Washington, on June 26, 2003. The new test provides results in twenty minutes, as apposed to the older test which would take a week or longer for results. The new test will be used on June 27, 2003, which in national HIV testing day..mk/Michael Kleinfeld UPI |
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"Certainly, this is a disappointing turn of events for this young child, the medical staff involved in the child's care, and the HIV/AIDS research community," NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a statement. "Scientifically, this development reminds us that we still have much more to learn about the intricacies of HIV infection and where the virus hides in the body."
Doctors put the girl back on the antiretroviral drugs.
"It felt like a punch to the gut," said Dr. Hannah Gay, a pediatric HIV specialist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center . "It was extremely disappointing from both the scientific standpoint ... but mainly for the sake of the child who is back on medicine and expected to stay on medicine for a very long time."