D Lewis

A Descriptive Study of HIV-infected Long-term Surviving Children in Barbados: A Preliminary Report

Issue:

Vol 54, Issues 3 (2005)

Pages:

167–170

Synopsis:

This is a descriptive study of children surviving to eight years-of-age from a cohort of 44 HIV-infected children not on treatment. Seventeen (38.6%) survived to the age of eight years and are categorized as long-term survivors. Of the 16 children alive, 37.5% had mild symptoms with no immunodeficiency and are categorized as long-term non-progressors.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To describe the clinical and immunologic characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1)-infected children surviving to more than eight-years of age (long-survivors) before the introduction of antiretroviral therapy.

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