Open AccessOral manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus in children: An institutional study at highly active antiretroviral therapy centre in India
Author(s) -
Srinivas Rao Ponnam,
Gautam Srivastava,
Kotaih Theruru
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.98499
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , disease , statistical significance , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , viral load , paleontology , biology , physics , optics
More than 1000 children are newly infected with Human immunodefi ciency virus (HIV) every day, and of these more than half will die as a result of AIDS due to lack of access to HIV treatment. HIV disease varies considerably in children. Among those infected prenatally, some experience few or no symptoms for years, whereas in others the disease progresses rapidly. The risk factors that influence the development of such oral manifestations include, low CD4+ T cell count, xerostomia and lack of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).