{"id":4538,"date":"2013-03-22T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:50:56","slug":"un-equipo-medico-asegura-haber-curado-por-primera-vez-a-un-bebe-con-vih","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/?p=4538","title":{"rendered":"El primer beb\u00e9 curado de VIH: un hito m\u00e9dico en Mississippi | IMFER Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>En 2013, un equipo m\u00e9dico de Estados Unidos public\u00f3 en la revista <em>New England Journal of Medicine<\/em> el caso de una ni\u00f1a nacida en Mississippi con VIH que, tras un tratamiento precoz y agresivo con antirretrovirales, no mostraba signos de virus activo m\u00e1s de un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s de haber interrumpido la medicaci\u00f3n. Fue el primer caso documentado de curaci\u00f3n funcional del VIH en un beb\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h2>C\u00f3mo se desarroll\u00f3 el caso<\/h2>\n<p>La ni\u00f1a naci\u00f3 en una zona rural de Mississippi a finales de 2010, prematuramente. Su madre no hab\u00eda recibido atenci\u00f3n prenatal y desconoc\u00eda que era portadora del VIH. Al detectarse la infecci\u00f3n, el beb\u00e9 fue trasladado al Centro M\u00e9dico de la Universidad de Mississippi con aproximadamente 30 horas de vida.<\/p>\n<p>En lugar del protocolo est\u00e1ndar, que consiste en administrar dos f\u00e1rmacos como profilaxis, la pediatra Hannah Gay opt\u00f3 por iniciar inmediatamente un tratamiento con tres antirretrovirales. Los niveles de virus disminuyeron r\u00e1pidamente y al mes de vida ya eran indetectables.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando la ni\u00f1a ten\u00eda 18 meses, la madre dej\u00f3 de llevarla al hospital. Cinco meses despu\u00e9s, al regresar, las pruebas segu\u00edan siendo negativas. Un a\u00f1o y medio m\u00e1s tarde, sin medicaci\u00f3n, el virus segu\u00eda sin poder detectarse.<\/p>\n<h2>Qu\u00e9 supuso este hallazgo para la medicina<\/h2>\n<p>El equipo de Deborah Persaud, de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, analiz\u00f3 las muestras de la ni\u00f1a y encontr\u00f3 \u00fanicamente trazas m\u00ednimas de material gen\u00e9tico viral, sin virus activo ni capaz de replicarse. Este caso demostr\u00f3 que el VIH en beb\u00e9s podr\u00eda ser curable bajo ciertas condiciones, y abri\u00f3 una l\u00ednea de investigaci\u00f3n sobre el tratamiento precoz en reci\u00e9n nacidos expuestos.<\/p>\n<h2>Por qu\u00e9 es relevante para la salud reproductiva<\/h2>\n<p>Las mujeres seropositivas que buscan un embarazo tienen hoy acceso a tratamientos que reducen la transmisi\u00f3n vertical del VIH al feto a menos del 1%. El seguimiento obst\u00e9trico adecuado y el tratamiento antirretroviral durante el embarazo hacen que muchas mujeres con VIH puedan tener hijos sanos.<\/p>\n<p>En IMFER trabajamos con todos los perfiles de pacientes. Si tienes VIH y deseas quedarte embarazada, nuestros especialistas pueden orientarte sobre las opciones disponibles y coordinarse con el equipo de infecciosas para garantizar la m\u00e1xima seguridad en el proceso.<\/p>\n<p>Te recomendamos consultar nuestra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/guia-infertilidad-pareja\/\">guia sobre reproduccion asistida<\/a> para informacion mas detallada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"imfer-article-cta-inline\">\u00bfTienes dudas sobre este tema? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imfer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consulta con nuestros especialistas en IMFER<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tambi\u00e9n puede interesarte:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/la-consanguinidad-duplicaba-el-riesgo-de-anomalias-congenitas\/\">Consanguinidad y anomal\u00edas cong\u00e9nitas: riesgos y opciones\u2026<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/la-consanguinidad-duplicaba-el-riesgo-de-anomalias-congenitas\/\">Consanguinidad y anomal\u00edas cong\u00e9nitas: riesgos y opciones\u2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En 2013, un equipo m\u00e9dico de Estados Unidos public\u00f3 en la revista New England Journal of Medicine el caso de una ni\u00f1a nacida en Mississippi con VIH que, tras un tratamiento precoz y agresivo con antirretrovirales, no mostraba signos de virus activo m\u00e1s de un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s de haber interrumpido &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1086,1087,1089,1088],"class_list":["post-4538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad","tag-bebe-con-vih","tag-bebe-curado-vih","tag-bebe-vih","tag-ninos-seropositivos","h-entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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