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Study findings on HIV/AIDS in children are outlined in reports from N. Kumarasamy and colleagues

Published in Anti-Infectives Week, June 22nd, 2009

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Safety, tolerability and effectiveness of generic HAART in HIV-infected children in South India.' According to a study from Chennai, India, "HIV-infected children in resource-limited settings are increasingly gaining greater access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) but documented longitudinal data remains limited. We aimed to study the clinical and immunological outcomes among 67 South Indian HIV-infected children with >18 months of follow-up on HAART at a tertiary HIV care program."

"The median CD4 cell count at enrolment was 290 cells microl(-1) and at treatment initiation was 225 cells microl(-1)....

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