Pediatric HIV infection
The present cross sectional study was undertaken to study clinical profile of HIV infection in children in Northern India. 64 children from newborn to eighteen years, presenting for confirmation of diagnosis of HIV infection or monitoring of CD4-CD8 counts in confirmed cases, were evaluated. Childre...
Saved in:
Published in | Indian journal of pediatrics Vol. 72; no. 11; pp. 925 - 930 |
---|---|
Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Heidelberg
Springer
01.11.2005
|
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | The present cross sectional study was undertaken to study clinical profile of HIV infection in children in Northern India.
64 children from newborn to eighteen years, presenting for confirmation of diagnosis of HIV infection or monitoring of CD4-CD8 counts in confirmed cases, were evaluated. Children were categorized as per CDC classification of Pediatric HIV. The diagnosis was confirmed by serological tests or PCR assay. CD4-CD8 counts were done by FACS Count.
Majority of the children were between 18 months to 5 years. Adolescents comprised 24% of the case. 51.5% children were infected through the mode of mother to child transmission. 39% of the case was transfusion-mediated. Unsafe medical injections probably contributed to 6.2% and heterosexual promiscuity led to 3.1% cases. Clubbing, not described in Indian studies so far, was seen in 9.3% cases.
HIV infection is a chronic childhood disease extending into adolescence, and contaminated blood and unsafe medical injections are still important routes of HIV transmission in India. |
---|---|
Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0019-5456 0973-7693 |
DOI: | 10.1007/BF02731665 |