HIV reemerges in ‘cured’ child

Girl deemed free of infection in 2013 found to have the virus

HIV has resurfaced in a child who was presumed cured of the virus. The discovery spotlights limits in detecting the clandestine germ and raises questions about whether HIV can ever truly be cured, experts say.

The child was born HIV-positive in 2010 and received treatment with standard antiretroviral drugs.