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  • Title: Infections and other causes of death in HIV-infected children in Africa.
    Author: Chakraborty R.
    Journal: Paediatr Respir Rev; 2004 Jun; 5(2):132-9. PubMed ID: 15135123.
    Abstract:
    The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic has dramatically reversed improvements in infant mortality and child survival in sub-Saharan Africa. However, accurate information on the specific causes of HIV-related morbidity and mortality arising from vertical transmission is infrequent and is constrained in resource-poor settings by infrastructure and local access to health care. Such knowledge is essential to improve clinical management of HIV-infected children in Africa. In this review, a global overview of the clinical aspects of HIV infection in children is given. Factors influencing HIV disease progression, morbidity and mortality are discussed from studies on a cohort of HIV-infected children that were followed at an orphanage in Nairobi between 1999 and 2001. These parameters are contrasted with available data on HIV-infected children residing in community settings in Africa.
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