Emerging Pediatric HIV Epidemic Related to Migration

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  MacPherson, Douglas W. ; Zencovich, Militza ; Gushulak, Brian D.
• Description:
  In 2002, Canada introduced routine, mandatory HIV antibody screening for all residency applicants, including selected children. We report screening results from January 2002 to February 2005. Thirty-six pediatric HIV cases were detected (14/100,000 applicants); 94% of infected children were eligible to arrive in Canada. Thirty-two of the affected children were from Africa, and maternal infection was the main risk factor. Only 4 (11%) of the children had received antiretroviral therapy. In countries of low HIV incidence, migration-related imported infection in children may be an emerging epidemic. The early identification of HIV-infected immigrant women permits intervention to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission. Routine HIV testing as a component of the medical examination of immigrants has national and international health policy and programmatic implications.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Communicable Diseases, Emerging Disease Outbreaks Emigration And Immigration Female Global Health Health Policy HIV Infections Humans Infant Male Research Risk Factors

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(4):612-617.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Africa ; Canada
• Location:
  Africa ; North America
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d64ebe1b91d90836240330b3ceb4c0072b78a92989e30b8dfcaaa0f1aac687cc
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16058/cdc_16058_DS1.pdf
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