[HIV infection caused by maternal transmission in children born in French Guyana. Apropos of 15 cases].
From 1980 to 1987, 15 children infected by HIV were born in Guyana from seropositive Haitian mothers. All these children presented the classical picture of HIV infection associated with a chronic extensive prurigo (7/15). There were 8 AIDS and 7 ARC cases. Five infants (4 AIDS, 1 ARC) died during the first year of life. There were 2 different clinical forms: 1) a severe form with cryptosporidium diarrhea and severe neurologic disturbance (one infant who died from neonatal AIDS at 3 months of age); 2) a prolonged form lasting several years complicated with infections, mainly localised to the lung.
Service de pédiatrie, Centre hospitalier de Cayenne, Guyane française.
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D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000151:congenital* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D005616:French Guiana; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D013997:Time Factors
L'infection à HIV par transmission maternelle chez l'enfant né en Guyane française. A propos de 15 observations.