title: HIV infection in children: sizing up the paediatric problem.
abstract: Cases of paediatric AIDS have increased each year in the USA, as the disease has spread to the heterosexual community. In the USA the geographic distribution of perinatal AIDS cases mirrors the distribution of cases in women. To date, 503 HIV antibody positive women have been reported in the UK. It is likely that the increasing number of seropositive women will be reflected in an increase in the number of reports of perinatal HIV infection and AIDS. Although screening of blood donors and blood products has stopped further increase in infections from this route, as transfusion-infected children become symptomatic the burden on paediatric services will increase.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Health, London.
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Senturia
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Peckham
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States