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. 2013 Jun 18;16(1):18650.
doi: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.18650.

The challenges of success: adolescents with perinatal HIV infection

Lynne M Mofenson  1 , Mark F Cotton
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The challenges of success: adolescents with perinatal HIV infection

Lynne M Mofenson et al. J Int AIDS Soc. .

Abstract

The great success in the prevention and treatment of pediatric HIV in high resource countries, and now in low resource countries, has changed the face of the HIV epidemic in children from one of near certain mortality to that of a chronic disease. However, these successes pose new challenges as perinatally HIV-infected youth survive into adulthood. Increased survival of HIV-infected children is associated with challenges in maintaining adherence to what is likely life-long therapy, and in selecting successive antiretroviral drug regimens, given the limited availability of pediatric formulations, limitations in pharmacokinetic and safety data of drugs in children, and the development of extensive drug resistance in multi-drug-experienced children. Pediatric HIV care must now focus on morbidity related to long-term HIV infection and its treatment. Survival into adulthood of perinatally HIV-infected youth in high resource countries provides important lessons about how the epidemic will change with increasing access to antiretroviral therapy for children in low resource countries. This series of papers will focus on issues related to management of perinatally infected youth and young adults.

Keywords: HIV care; adolescents; perinatal HIV infection.

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