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Document 0226
DOCN M9550226
TI Epidemiology of HIV infection in children in Italy. The Italian Register
for HIV Infection in Children.
DT 9505
SO Acta Paediatr Suppl. 1994 Aug;400:15-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/95135010
AB As of April 1992, 2337 children born to HIV-1-positive mothers were
recorded by our multicentre study. Another 131 children were infected by
contaminated blood products, while in 5 cases the risk factor remained
unknown, as their personal history was lacking. The number of
perinatally exposed children increased exponentially from 1981 to 1986,
then stabilized. Of these, at last visit 624 were infected (531 P-2, 93
P-1), 463 were P-O and 1195 had seroreverted. Drug addiction continues
to be the most frequent maternal risk factor, although infection
acquired through sexual contact gradually increased up to 26.5% in 1991.
Of the 762 first children identified at birth and older than 15 months
of age, 132 (17.3%) acquired infection and seroconverted to HIV. A
similar transmission rate was observed in 43 second-born children.
DE Blood Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS Child Child, Preschool Disease
Transmission, Vertical Female Follow-Up Studies Human HIV
Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/TRANSMISSION/VIROLOGY *HIV-1
Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Italy/EPIDEMIOLOGY Prospective
Studies *Registries Risk Factors Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Vaccination
JOURNAL ARTICLE MULTICENTER STUDY
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).