High HIV prevalence among children presenting for general consultation in rural Cameroon
| Autor: | Nilofar Nassimi, Torsten Feldt, Charles Awasom, Stefan Schmiedel, F Sunjoh, Alexander Zoufaly, Johannes Jochum, F Sauter, R Hammerl, G Tayong, J van Lunzen, Gerd-Dieter Burchard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Rural Population Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Voluntary counseling and testing Population Nutritional Status HIV Infections Dermatology Age Distribution Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) HIV Seroprevalence Health care Prevalence medicine Humans Mass Screening Outpatient clinic Seroprevalence Pharmacology (medical) Cameroon Child education Referral and Consultation education.field_of_study Primary Health Care business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant virus diseases medicine.disease Malnutrition Infectious Diseases Socioeconomic Factors Child Preschool Population Surveillance Female Rural area business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of STD & AIDS. 25:742-744 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1052 0956-4624 |
| Popis: | Data on the HIV-prevalence children presenting to health care facilities in sub-Saharan Africa are scant in general, and the debate about opportunities for paediatric HIV screening is ongoing. Nine hundred and eighty-one children with unknown HIV-status presenting to a large general paediatric outpatient department in rural Cameroon were tested using the Determine HIV-1/2 rapid test (Abbott), and positive results were confirmed with the Hexagon HIV rapid test (Human Diagnostics). In children younger than 18 months, HIV infection was confirmed by PCR testing. Median age was 1.3 years and 52.8% were of male gender. In 514 children below 18 months of age, 16 (3.1%) tested positive. Of those, HIV-1 PCR was available for 11 children, of whom 6 had a positive PCR result. HIV prevalence was highest in the age group 5–9 years, being 8.8%. Malnutrition (33.3 vs 5.2%, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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