title: Long-term response to highly active antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus coinfected children: 6 years of follow-up.
abstract: We carried out a retrospective study to analyze the long-term response to highly active antiretroviral therapy of 19 vertically human immunodeficiency virus type 1/hepatitis C virus (HCV-1/HIV) coinfected children. The clinical, immunologic, viral, and biochemical variables were assayed at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 years of follow-up. Our data suggest that CD4 T-cell recovery and viral load control during long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1/HCV children were similar to those described in HIV-1 monoinfected children, but hepatic function was significantly altered in HIV-1/HCV children.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Inmuno-Biología Molecular, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Dariela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Micheloud
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bellón
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: M José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mellado
authors.forename: M Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: M Angeles
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Fernández
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Resino
mesh_terms: D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019562:Viral Load