scholarly journals Lipodystrophy, lipid profile changes, and low serum retinol and carotenoid levels in children and adolescents with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Nutrition ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 612-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tânia Regina Beraldo Battistini ◽  
Roseli Oselka Saccardo Sarni ◽  
Fabíola Isabel Suano de Souza ◽  
Tassiana Sacchi Pitta ◽  
Ana Paula Fernandes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Profile ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Serum Retinol ◽  
Profile Changes ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Low Serum

scholarly journals Lipodystrophy in children and adolescents with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and its relationship with the antiretroviral therapy employed

2009 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roseli Oselka Saccardo Sarni ◽  
Fabíola Isabel Suano de Souza ◽  
Tânia Regina Beraldo Battistini ◽  
Tassiana Sacchi Pitta ◽  
Ana Paula Fernandes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in Infants, Children, and Adolescents

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra K. Schwarcz ◽  
George W. Rutherford
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Sexual Transmission ◽  
Perinatal Transmission ◽  
Intravenous Drug ◽  
Intravenous Drug Users ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first described as a disease of homosexual men. The first cases of AIDS in children were reported in 1982 and involved a transfusion recipient and four infants born to women at increased risk for AIDS. Infants may acquire their infection perinatally or possibly postnatally through infected breast milk. Parenterally acquired infection, through transfusion of blood or blood products, occurs in infants, children, and adolescents. Adolescents are also at risk for infection through sexual transmission and through shared needles among intravenous drug users. By January 1987, 1.4% of the AIDS cases were in children less than 13 years old, and 0.4% were in adolescents 13 to 19 years old. Additionally, 4.4% of the total AIDS cases were reported in 20 to 24 year olds, which most likely reflects infection which occured during adolescence. In children less than 13 years old, infection occurred primarily thorugh perinatal transmission from mothers who were intravenous drug users or sexual partners of intravenous drug users. Adolescent cases of AIDS have followed adult patterns of transmission with most cases resulting from sexual transmission. As the prevalence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus increases, increases in drug-use-associated transmission in women followed by perinatal transmission to infants and sexual transmission in adolescents seems likely to occur. To prevent further spread, health agencies must develop and target extensive AIDS prevention campaigns at adolescents, young adults, and sexually active women.

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