Document 0216
 DOCN  M9550216
 TI    Epidemiology of pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection in the
       United States.
 DT    9505
 AU    Rogers MF; Caldwell MB; Gwinn ML; Simonds RJ; Division of HIV/AIDS,
       Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,; Atlanta, GA.
 SO    Acta Paediatr Suppl. 1994 Aug;400:5-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95135020
 AB    Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is a growing problem for
       children worldwide. As of 31 December 1992, 4249 children with Acquired
       Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) under 13 years of age had been reported
       to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HIV is
       transmitted to children predominantly from their mothers. Nearly all
       cases of HIV infection acquired from blood transfusions in the United
       States occurred before donor-screening practices were implemented in
       March 1985. In 1991, approximately 7000 HIV-infected women gave birth to
       a liveborn infant in the United States, for a prevalence of 1.7 per 1000
       women. Despite recent advances in prophylactic therapy for opportunistic
       infections, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia remains the most common
       AIDS-defining illness in children in the United States. If these cases
       are to be prevented, children born to HIV-infected mothers will need to
       be identified early and monitored appropriately for CD4+ cell counts to
       determine the need for prophylaxis.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/
       EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/  EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL
       Blood Donors  Blood Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS  Child  Child Abuse,
       Sexual  Child, Preschool  CD4 Lymphocyte Count  Disease Transmission,
       Vertical  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/
       TRANSMISSION  HIV Seroprevalence  Infant  Infant, Newborn  Male
       Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/
       EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Prevalence  Risk Factors
       Syphilis/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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