title: Testing the children of HIV-positive mothers.
abstract: We aimed to establish current practice regarding the testing of children of HIV-positive women in two centres in the South Yorkshire HIV Network, UK. Notes were reviewed from 59 women who attended clinic over a three-month period from 01 September 2009 to 30 November 2009. In our sample, only 29 of 52 (56%) children living in the UK who required testing had been HIV tested. Testing rates were high in preschool children (15/15) and fell with age to 2/11 (18%) in the 16-20 years age group. Uptake of testing for children of HIV-positive parents could potentially be improved if testing was incorporated into routine clinic practice as part of the package of care offered to a newly diagnosed individual.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, UK. aparnabriggs@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Briggs
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bond
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Rogstad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology