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Pediatric AIDS epidemic reflects the first half million AIDS cases in the U.S
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Pediatric AIDS epidemic reflects the first half million AIDS cases in the U.S
ASDC J Dent Child.
1996 Mar-Apr.
Abstract
Almost seven thousand pediatric AIDS cases with a death rate of 55 percent have been reported. The continuing increase and spread of this epidemic to different child populations and areas in the country is reviewed. Because the progress of this epidemic, pediatric practitioners require an awareness of the evolving epidemiologic patterns require an awareness of the evolving epidemiologic patterns in both the pediatric and adult populations.
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