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Document 2556
DOCN M94A2556
TI The first decade of the AIDS epidemic among children in Brazil--a
dynamic profile.
DT 9412
AU Lauria L; Chequer P; Castilho E; Rodrigues L; Loures L; Ministry of
Health, Brasilia, Brazil.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):277 (abstract no. PC0027). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370019
AB OBJECTIVE: To determine the changes in the profile of pediatric cases,
within the first decade of the AIDS epidemic in Brazil. METHODS: All
pediatric AIDS cases (< 15 yr.) reported to the Ministry of Health (MOH)
from the beginning of the epidemic to 1993 were evaluated. RESULTS:
While in 1985, 19 pediatric AIDS cases were registered, in 1993 120
cases were reported to the MOH. The largest increase was observed in
children under 2: from 5 cases in 1985 (26%) to 141 in 1992 (52%). In
the same period it was observed a reduction in the number of cases
associated to reception of blood/components/hemophilia. On the other
hand the number of cases resulting from mother to child transmission
increased from 3 cases (16%) in 1985 to 219 (80%) in 1992. Since the
beginning of the epidemic, pediatric AIDS cases have increased in all
the Brazilian regions. However the proportional distribution did not
change over the years. Most of the pediatric cases are still
concentrated in the industrialized Southeast region. CONCLUSIONS: The
pediatric AIDS epidemic in Brazil shifted to younger children over time.
This shifting is related to the increment in HIV perinatal transmission
as a result of the dissemination of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among women in
childbearing age.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
Brazil/EPIDEMIOLOGY Child Female Human Pregnancy Pregnancy
Complications, Infectious MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).