Long-term pattern of HIV-1 RNA load in perinatally infected children
Navér, Lars ; Ehrnst, Anneka ; Belfrage, Erik ; Sönnerborg, Anders ; Lidin-Janson, Gunilla ; Christensson, Bertil LU ; Ljung, Rolf LU
and Bohlin, Ann-Britt
(1999)
In Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
31(4).
p.337-343
- Abstract
- The objective of this study was to describe the natural history of HIV-1 RNA load in vertically HIV-1-infected children. HIV-1 RNA in 156 plasma or serum samples (1-14, median 4 from each child) from 32 vertically HIV-1-infected children was detected with the NASBA® technique (Organon Teknika, The Netherlands). Twenty-one children were prospectively followed from birth, and 11 were identified and included at the age of 7-89 (median 61) months. The highest numbers of HIV-1 RNA copies were seen at 1.5-3 months of age. A quadratic curve model showed a reduction of HIV-1 RNA with increasing age up to approximately 8 years, and thereafter increasing numbers, p(age) = 0.002, p(age2) = 0.008, This pattern was not typical for individual children... (More)
- The objective of this study was to describe the natural history of HIV-1 RNA load in vertically HIV-1-infected children. HIV-1 RNA in 156 plasma or serum samples (1-14, median 4 from each child) from 32 vertically HIV-1-infected children was detected with the NASBA® technique (Organon Teknika, The Netherlands). Twenty-one children were prospectively followed from birth, and 11 were identified and included at the age of 7-89 (median 61) months. The highest numbers of HIV-1 RNA copies were seen at 1.5-3 months of age. A quadratic curve model showed a reduction of HIV-1 RNA with increasing age up to approximately 8 years, and thereafter increasing numbers, p(age) = 0.002, p(age2) = 0.008, This pattern was not typical for individual children in whom a great variation in HIV-1 RNA numbers was seen over time. The interval from birth to the first HIV-1 RNA peak ranged from 1.5 months to more than 2 years. The HIV-1 RNA levels remained relatively high and fluctuating over the years in symptomatic as well as in long-term symptomatic children. This makes HIV-1 RNA determination in children more difficult to use than in adults, as the only tool for prediction of disease progression and for initiation of therapy. (Less)
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- author
- Navér, Lars
; Ehrnst, Anneka
; Belfrage, Erik
; Sönnerborg, Anders
; Lidin-Janson, Gunilla
; Christensson, Bertil
LU
; Ljung, Rolf
LU
and Bohlin, Ann-Britt
- organization
- publishing date
- 1999-11-25
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- antivirus agent, virus RNA, zidovudine, age, article, child, clinical article, disease course, human, Human immunodeficiency virus 1, infant, newborn, perinatal infection, prediction, treatment planning, vertical transmission, virus load
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- volume
- 31
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 7 pages
- publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- external identifiers
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- scopus:0032846805
- pmid:10528869
- ISSN
- 1651-1980
- DOI
- 10.1080/00365549950163743
- language
- English
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- yes
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- b643e99d-7c28-457e-8386-1e20a69b8bec
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