The role of vertical transmission and health care-related factors in HIV infection of children

Authors :: Biraro, Samuel
Morison, Linda A.
Source :: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999). Feb 1, 2007, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p222, 7 p.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: A study was conducted to determine the probable route of transmission of HIV to children aged 12 years or younger in a rural area of Uganda from 1999 through 2000 and to examine associations between HIV infection and health care-related variables. The findings suggest that a large number of injections were a consequence of AIDS-related illness rather then the cause of infection in vertically infected children.

Subjects :: HIV infection in children -- Risk factors
HIV infection in children -- Diagnosis
HIV infection in children -- Care and treatment
Children -- Health aspects
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