In 1987, the risk of perinatal transmission of HIV from seropositive, pregnant women to their
fetuses was estimated to be as high as 65%. Furthermore, it was projected that the steady …

Although women account for only 7% of the total population of patients with the acquired
immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States, the vast majority of children with …

The epidemiology of perinatal HIV infection is inex-orably tied to the epidemiology of HIV
infection in women. In the USA over 75% of all pediatric AIDS cases can be traced to an HIV …

JOHNS, LAMBERT, MD ince the first report of an infant with acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AlDS) in November 1982, the incidence of human immu-nodeficiency virus type …

Perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) accounts for virtually all new
HIV infections in children. Through 1993, an estimated 15,000 HIV-infected children were …

As of September 30, 1996, a total of 566,002 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
cases, including 7472 cases among children ages< 13 years (1%), had been reported to …

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Fowler MG]. US Public Health Service Task
Force Recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1–infected women …

Most children with HIV infection in the USA acquire their disease in utero. We have
retrospectively evaluated the route of HIV infection in mothers of children with proven HIV …