Changes in pediatric HIV-related hospital admissions and mortality in Soweto, South Africa, 1996-2011: Light at the end of the tunnel?

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-510

  Meyers, Tammy ^a   Dramowski, Angela ^b   Schneider, Helen ^c   Gardiner, Nicolene ^d   Kuhn, Louise ^e,f   Moore, David ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^g Department of Science and Technology   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

admissions and mortality; changes over time; pediatric HIV; Soweto South Africa

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864280219     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318256b4f8     Document Type: Article

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