Open AccessDisease Progression in a Cohort of Infants With Vertically Acquired HIV Infection Observed From Birth: The Women and Infants Transmission Study (WITS)
Author(s) -
Clemente Díaz,
Celine Hanson,
Ellen Cooper,
Jennifer S. Read,
Jessica Watson,
Hermann Mendez,
Jane Pitt,
Kenneth C. Rich,
Vincent L. Smeriglio,
Judy Lew
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2331-6993
pISSN - 1077-9450
DOI - 10.1097/00042560-199807010-00004
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , cohort , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , proportional hazards model , stage (stratigraphy) , cohort study , transmission (telecommunications) , paleontology , electrical engineering , biology , engineering
The Women and Infants Transmission Study is an ongoing prospective cohort study of HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants. We used the 1994 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classification system for HIV infection in children to describe HIV disease progression in 128 HIV-infected children, and examined maternal and infant characteristics associated with disease course.