Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Pregnant HIV Elite Control: Therapeutic Conduct?

Abstract

Marcela Agostini, Carolina Sconochini, Paula Maldacena, Rocío Maldacena, Maria Cristina Monaco and Magali Surra

HIV positive patients with sustained viral load <50 copies/mL are defined as elite controls in the absence of antiretroviral therapy and normal CD4+ values. The occurrence of this type of infections in only 1 of every 300 people infected by HIV. Elite control patients (EC) account for 0.5 to 1% of all HIV-1 infected persons, who are able to control viral replication and maintain immune function over prolonged periods of time without antiretroviral therapy. The following situations have been postulated to understand the primary mechanism of viremia control: low susceptibility of CD4 cells to infection, infection with defective replication, viral control by the patient's immune system and low availability of CD4 cells susceptible to infection. Most data on viral control in elite controls suggest that HIV-specific CD8+ T cell responses are probably crucial in elite control. These can be conferred by the protective HLA alleles in some patients. Our objective is to communicate a rare case of daily presentation of external consultation in this pathology.