Surprisingly, the child had no detectable circulating virus, no detectable anti-HIV antibodies, and was clinically healthy.
In this case, "the child got therapy and then went off therapy, and now there's no detectable virus, " said Deborah Persaud, a pediatrician and AIDS researcher at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore and lead author of a study reporting the cure.
Dr. Luzuriaga had been working with Dr. Persaud on a study of a group of teenagers who had been born with the virus and treated since infancy and who now had no evidence of virus that could replicate.
They say further investigations are underway and that, for now, there's no evidence the virus is spreading easily between people.
At the moment, no known foamy virus can spread between people.
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No doubt the virus-writers and hackers will find new ways to attack these novel defence mechanisms, just as micro-organisms can evolve their way around immune responses.
There will be no anti-virus software running in the background.
While health officials caution that there are no indications the virus can be transmitted from one person to another, scientists who have studied its genetic sequence said this week that the virus may have recently mutated into a form that spreads more easily to other animals, potentially posing a bigger threat to humans.
No evidence exists that the virus is spreading from person to person, and no cases have been reported outside China.
There is no sign that the virus is being transmitted from human to human.
They said Mexicans were being singled out because of their passports, despite showing no signs of the virus.
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Tests showed that after 14 days the virus could no longer be found in samples taken from their airways.
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On a more reassuring note, investigators have found no evidence that the virus has passed directly from person to person.
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The family lived in a big city, had no animals, ate supermarket food and had jobs that offered no contact with the virus.
The 12 patients who took Vertex's drug in combination with interferon and ribavirin showed no sign of the virus after four weeks of treatment.
Because swine flu is a new virus, no one in the world had immunity to it when it came on the scene earlier this year, so it is spreading quickly.
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Health officials believe people are contracting the virus through direct contact with infected fowl and say there has been no evidence so far that the virus is spreading easily between people.
The swine flu virus that has sparked fear and precautions worldwide appears to be no more dangerous than the regular flu virus that makes its rounds each year, U.S. officials said Monday.
Why take the time to defend yourself against a virus that does no real harm?
The researchers say no direct link between the virus and disease has been established.
The World Health Organization says there is no evidence yet that the virus is being transmitted between humans.
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Scientists believe the H1N1 virus epidemic is no more dangerous than seasonal flu, and schools should act accordingly, Sebelius said.
The WHO said there has been no confirmed cases of the virus spreading between humans, which is the worst case scenario.
According to the WHO, there is no evidence that the H7N9 virus is being transmitted between people, and most cases come from poultry.
Disable the protein and the virus could be no longer infectious.
The vaccination became compulsory in Britain during the 19th century, but by 1971 it was no longer necessary as the virus had been stamped out in the West.
"In this age of global travel, where people move around in airplanes so quickly, there is no region to which this virus could not spread, " said Fukuda, assistant director-general of the WHO.
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