Most children born with HIV infection now survive into adulthood.
HealthDay (4/24, Dotinga) reported, "Most children born with HIV infection now survive into adulthood, a markedly different prognosis from the near-certain death that awaited HIV-infected babies years ago," according to a study published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. "'About two thirds of these kids, at this point, don't have virus detectable in the blood,' Tulane University infectious diseases expert Dr. Russell Van Dyke said in a university news release. 'While they are still infected and they are not cured, it's surprising how well they're doing, considering what they've been through.'" But, "with longer survival, new issues arise. 'We're not seeing the deaths we used to see due to infections, but we're starting to worry about longer-term complications,'" Dr. Van Dyke added.
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