[neverdem]

I will need to read the original research articles to see what is really going on here. I know that (if I were doing the diagnosis) I'd want to show that there is no detectable virus, and that the child has a healthy population of the cells normally killed by HIV.

Researchers Describe First 'Functional HIV Cure' in an Infant

That's a press release. That source, ScienceDaily usually links the original citation. That's iffy when announcements are made at conferences. I don't think the original citation has been published yet. At least PubMed doesn't have it.

[exDemMom]

Yeah. I’ll be keeping an eye out for this to make it into PubMed or MMWR. I really would like to see the details.