HIV infection in a child
Last reviewed 01/2018
Infection with HIV in children is usually by one of two routes:
- about 80% are as a result of vertical transmission
- the remaining 20% are from infected blood products; this group should decline with improved screening.
The former group tends to have a more virulent course of illness; the latter more closely resembles the adult infection.
risk factors influencing transmission
prognosis of HIV infection in children
risk of HIV transmission from mother to child
factors affecting HIV transmission from mother to child
interventions to prevent mother to child HIV transmission
if maternal HIV infection - infant follow-up and post natal prophylaxis