Vertically acquired HIV diagnosed in adolescence and early adulthood in the United Kingdom and Ireland: Findings from national surveillance

HIV Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-256

  Judd, A ^a   Ferrand, R A ^b,c   Jungmann, E ^c   Foster, C ^d   Masters, J ^e   Rice, B ^f   Lyall, H ^d   Tookey, P A ^e   Prime, Katia ^g  

^a MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Late diagnosis; Surveillance; UK Ireland; Vertical infection; Young people

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; IRELAND; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLACK PERSON; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; IRELAND; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62749156452     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2008.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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