title: HIV infection in paediatric practice.
abstract: Worldwide, most new HIV infections in children are transmitted from the mother before, during or after birth. This mode of transmission is likely to become more common in Australian paediatric practice, sometimes in circumstances where the mother's HIV status is unknown and unsuspected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Prince of Wales Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis