title: The clinical management of children perinatally exposed to HIV.
abstract: The spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic to children has become one of the most serious public health problems in the United States. This article presents the clinician with an overview of the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS among infants and children, discusses major issues about the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission (including ZDV prophylaxis), and presents the management and treatment issues of HIV infection among children.
authors.affiliation: Bureau for Health Resources and Development, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glenn Fowler
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D015215:Zidovudine