What the paediatrician needs to know about HIV-1 infection.

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9106718 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1399-3038 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09056157 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Pediatr Allergy Immunol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: <2010->: Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing
Original Publication: Copenhagen : Munksgaard, c1990-

Pediatricians*; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active/*methods ; HIV Infections/*epidemiology ; HIV-1/*physiology; Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; HIV Infections/therapy ; HIV Infections/transmission ; Humans ; Infant ; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical ; Italy/epidemiology ; Medication Adherence ; Physician's Role ; Primary Health Care ; United States/epidemiology ; Viral Load ; Young Adult

Nowadays, it is spreading the false perception that pediatric HIV infection has been almost completely disappeared in Italy, as well as in other Western countries, and it does not deserve the attention of the primary care pediatrician anymore. Hereby, we report the important role still played by the primary care pediatrician in management and prevention of pediatric HIV infection in Western countries.
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Keywords: HIV infection; antiretroviral therapy; prevention; primary care

Date Created: 20200205 Date Completed: 20201214 Latest Revision: 20201214

20231215

10.1111/pai.13155

32017207