HIV infection in adolescents

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An increasing number of HIV-infected children who acquired HIV infection through perinatal transmission are now surviving into adolescence. They generally have had a long clinical course and extensive ARV treatment history.<ref name="pmid21407086">{{cite journal |author=Van Dyke RB, Patel K, Siberry GK, Burchett SK, Spector SA, Chernoff MC, Read JS, Mofenson LM, Seage GR |title=Antiretroviral treatment of US children with perinatally acquired HIV infection: temporal changes in therapy between 1991 and 2009 and predictors of immunologic and virologic outcomes |journal=Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=165–73 |year=2011 |month=June |pmid=21407086 |doi=10.1097/QAI.0b013e318215c7b1 |url=http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template-journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=1525-4135&volume=57&issue=2&spage=165

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