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Document 0227
DOCN M9550227
TI Maternal and pediatric AIDS in the United States: the current situation
and future research directions.
DT 9505
AU Blank A; Mofenson LM; Willoughby A; Yaffe SJ; National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development,; National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda 20892.
SO Acta Paediatr Suppl. 1994 Aug;400:106-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/95135009
AB The epidemic of HIV infection and disease in women, adolescents and
children represents a complexly intertwined biological and social
challenge to health care workers and researchers alike. When considering
various issues in confronting this epidemic, women must be viewed as
individuals important in their own right, as the primary caretaker of
their family members (both infected and uninfected), and as the sexual
partners of men who may or may not be infected. Of the myriad of
compelling biological questions facing AIDS researchers today, two of
the most interesting involve the timing and determinants of vertical
transmission and the natural history of HIV infection and disease in
women. Scientifically, confronting this epidemic involves research into
pathogenesis, epidemiology, natural history, treatment, and prevention
of HIV infection. Primary emphasis in the research arena in HIV/AIDS in
the United States is focused on therapeutic and prophylactic research.
Other research issues are very important, including studies of early
diagnostic techniques, behavioral research concerning reproductive
choices, the role of breastfeeding in HIV transmission, HIV-specific
adolescent issues, and surrogate markers of disease progression.
DE *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY/
EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION Adolescence Adult
Child Clinical Trials Disease Transmission, Vertical Female
Forecasting Human Male Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications,
Infectious/EPIDEMIOLOGY/VIROLOGY Research Design Sex Behavior United
States/EPIDEMIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).