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HIV Disease

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Children and young people with perinatal HIV in Europe: epidemiological situation in 2014 and implications for the future.
 Writing group for the Kids to Adults Working Group and Data Management and Harmonisation Group in EuroCoord.
Euro Surveill. 2016 Mar 10;21(10).
 Abstract

Use of combination neonatal prophylaxis for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection i
n European high-risk infants
 The European Pregnancy and Paediatric HIV Cohort Collaboration (EPPICC) study group in EuroCoord.
AIDS. 2012 Dec 3.
 Abstract

Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS response to 2010 revision of World
Health Organization recommendations on 'Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in
infants and children'.
PENTA Steering Committee.
HIV Med. 2011 Jul;12(6):385-6.
Paper

HIV/HCV Coinfection
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Policies and practices for the clinical management of HIV/HCV coinfected children in Europe:
an epidemiological survey.
England K, Thorne C, Pembrey L, Newell ML.
 Eur J Pediatr. 2008 Oct 22.
 Abstract
Belgium
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Severe Infections in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants Born in a European Country.
Adler C, Haelterman E, Barlow P,  et al
PLoS One. 2015 Aug 18;10(8):e0135375
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France
 
General Reports

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Developmental delay and behavioral disorders in 59 HIV-exposed uninfected infants.
 Reliquet V, Brunet-Cartier C, Launay E, Raffi F. Transl
Pediatr. 2017 Jan;6(1):27-
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Asthma-Like Symptoms in Homeless Children in the Greater Paris Area in 2013: Prevalence, Associated Factors and Utilization of Healthcare Services in the ENFAMS Survey.
Lefeuvre D, Delmas MC, Marguet C, et al
PLoS One. 2016 Apr 15;11(4):e0153872.
 Paper

Child poisonings with methadone in France: A 6-year prospective national survey since the availability of capsules in 2008.
Torrents R, Picot C, Glaizal M,  et al
Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2015 Aug 4:1-4
 Abstract

Relationship between precariousness, social coverage, and vaccine coverage: Survey among children
consulting in pediatric emergency departments in France
Bouhamam N, Laporte R
Arch Pediatr. 2012 Jan 4.
Abstract

HIV Disease

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Viral failure in infants perinatally infected with HIV: A double punishment.
Trocmé N, Courcoux MF, Tabone MD, et al
Arch Pediatr. 2017 Feb 24.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Association between Prenatal Exposure to Antiretroviral Therapy and Birth Defects: An Analysis of the French Perinatal Cohort Study (ANRS CO1/CO11).
 Sibiude J, Mandelbrot L, Blanche S, Le Chenadec J , et al
PLoS Med. 2014 Apr 29;11(4):e1001635
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Insufficiency in HIV Infected Children and Young Adults.
 Meyzer C, Frange P, Chappuy H,  et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jul 31
 Abstract

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 A three-source capture-recapture estimate of the number of new HIV diagnoses in children in France from 2003--2006 with multiple imputation of a variable of heterogeneous catchability.
 Héraud-Bousquet V, Lot F, Esvan M,  et al
BMC Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 10;12(1):251
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HIV-1 drug resistance in French infected-children: from newborn to adolescent.
 Delaugerre C, Chaix ML, Warszawski J, et al 
Arch Pediatr. 2007 Feb 5
 Abstract

Quality of life in HIV-infected children and adolescents under highly active antiretroviral
herapy: change over time, effects of age and familial context.
Thoni GJ, Lalande M, Bachelard G,  wt al
Arch Pediatr. 2005 Dec 15;
Abstract
Germany
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
High seroprevalence of human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) antibodies among vertically HIV-infected pediatric patients living in Germany.
 Feiterna-Sperling C, Königs C, Notheis G, et al
 J Int AIDS Soc. 2012 Nov 11;15(6):18401.
 Abstract

The prognosis of pediatric AIDS in Serbia.
Jevtović D, Salemović D, Ranin J, et al
Curr HIV Res. 2009 May;7(3):287-92
 Abstract
Greece
 
HIV Disease

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Cognitive and psychosocial development of HIV pediatric patients receiving highly active
anti-retroviral therapy: a case-control study.
 Thomaidis L, Bertou G, Critselis E, et al
BMC Pediatr. 2010 Dec 27;10(1):99.
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Ireland
 

HIV Disease

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Who Gets Severe Gynecomastia Among HIV-Infected Children In The UK And Ireland?
 Kenny J, Doerholt K, Gibb DM, et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Nov 22
 Abstract

Differences in Factors Associated With Initial Growth, CD4, and Viral Load Responses to ART in
HIV-Infected Children in Kampala, Uganda, and the United Kingdom/Ireland.
 Kekitiinwa A, Lee KJ, Walker AS, et al 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Oct 16.
Abstract
Italy
 

HIV

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Suboptimal Immune Reconstitution in Vertically HIV Infected Children: A View on How HIV Replication and
Timing of HAART Initiation Can Impact on T and B-cell Compartment.
 Cotugno N, Douagi I, Rossi P, Palma P.
Clin Dev Immunol. 2012;2012:805151.
Abstract

Poor health-related quality of life and abnormal psychosocial adjustment in
Italian children with perinatal HIV infection receiving highly active antiretroviral
treatment.
Bomba M, Nacinovich R, Oggiano S, et al
AIDS Care. 2010 Jul;22(7):858-65
 Abstract

Hepatitis B

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Factors affecting the compliance of the antenatal hepatitis B screening programme
in Italy.
Stroffolini T, Bianco E, Szklo A, et al.
Vaccine 2003 Mar 7;21(11-12):1246-9
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Hepatitis C

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in 373 Italian children with HCV infection: changing distribution and
correlation with clinical features and outcome.
Bortolotti F, Resti M, Marcellini M, et al 
Gut. 2005 Jun;54(6):852-7.
 Abstract
The Netherlands
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Cerebral injury in perinatally HIV-infected children compared to matched healthy controls.
 Cohen S, Caan MW, Mutsaerts HJ, et al
Neurology. 2015 Nov 11.
Abstract

Health-related quality of life in perinatally HIV-infected children in the Netherlands.
 Cohen S, Ter Stege JA, Weijsenfeld AM, et al
AIDS Care. 2015 Aug 14:1-10
 Abstract

Long-term response to combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children in the Netherlands registered from 1996-2012.
 Cohen S, Smit C, van Rossum AM, Fraaij PL,  et al
AIDS. 2013 Jul 9
 Abstract
Poland
 
HIV
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The Incidence of Respiratory Tract Infections in Vertically HIV-Infected Children in Lower Silesia in Poland and the Approach to Infection Prevention.
Kuchar E, Dawiec M, Kraszewska-Glomba B, et al
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2015 Mar 6
 Abstract

Densitometric disorders in children infected with HIV.
 Marczyńska M, Oldakowska A, Szczepańska-Putz M,  et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2012 Nov 11;15(6):18322
 Abstract

Precocious puberty in a vertically HIV-infected girl.
Zawadka K, Dobosz S, Moszczyńska E, Marczyńska M.
Med Wieku Rozwoj. 2012;16(2):144-148
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Toxoplasmosis

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii by multiplex PCR and peptide-based serological testing
of samples from infants in Poland diagnosed with congenital toxoplasmosis.
Nowakowska D, Colon I, Remington JS 
J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Apr;44(4):1382-9.
 Abstract
Serbia
 
HIV Disease

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The prognosis of pediatric AIDS in Serbia.
Jevtović D, Salemović D, Ranin J, et al
Curr HIV Res. 2009 May;7(3):287-92
 Abstract
Spain
 
HGV

           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The prevalence of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus RNA among healthy and
HCV-infected Catalan children.
 Claret G, Noguera A, González-Cuevas A, et al 
Eur J Pediatr. 2007 Oct 27;
Abstract

HIV Disease

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Impact of lopinavir-ritonavir exposure in HIV-1 infected children and adolescents in Madrid, Spain during 2000-2014.
 Rojas Sánchez P, Prieto L, Jiménez De Ory S, et al
PLoS One. 2017 Mar 28;12(3):e0173168
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Cardiac Function in Vertically HIV-infected Children and Adolescents in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy.
Sainz T, Álvarez-Fuente M, Fernández-Jiménez R, González-Tomé MI. et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 May;34(5):e125-e131.
 Abstract

No Differences of Immune Activation and Microbial Translocation Among HIV-infected Children Receiving Combined Antiretroviral Therapy or Protease Inhibitor Monotherapy.
Falcon-Neyra L, Benmarzouk-Hidalgo OJ,  et al
Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Mar;94(11):e521
 Abstract

Clinical and virological follow-up in perinatally HIV-1-infected children and adolescents in Madrid with triple-class antiretroviral drug resistant viruses.
 Rojas Sánchez P, de Mulder M, Fernandez-Cooke E, et al
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Feb 10.
 Abstract

Once-Daily Antiretroviral Therapy in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents.
Jiménez-Montero B, Beceiro J, de José-Gómez MI, et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Apr 17
 Abstract

Trends in Drug Resistance Prevalence in HIV-1 Infected Children in Madrid: 1993-2010 Analysis.
 de Mulder M, Yebra G, Navas A,, et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Jul 10.
 Abstract

Trend of Pneumonia Incidence among Children Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus i
n the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy.
 Micheloud D, Alvaro-Meca A, Jensen J, Díaz A, Resino S.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Mar 12.
 Abstract

Reduction in Mycobacterial Disease Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Children
in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era (1997-2008).
Jensen J, Alvaro-Meca A, Micheloud D,  et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Oct 19
 Abstract

Mitochondrial assessment in asymptomatic HIV-infected paediatric patients on HAART.
Morén C, Noguera-Julian A, Rovira N, et al
Antivir Ther. 2011;16(5):719-24.
 Abstract

Epidemiologic Trends of Cancer Diagnoses Among HIV-infected Children in Spain From 1997 to 2008.
Alvaro-Meca A, Micheloud D, Jensen J, et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Apr 13.
Abstract

HIV/HBV

           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Implementation of Occult Hepatitis Screening in the Spanish Cohort of HIV-Infected Pediatric Patients.
 Dapena M, Figueras C, Noguera-Julian A,  et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Feb 26
 Abstract
 
HIV/HCV

           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Implementation of Occult Hepatitis Screening in the Spanish Cohort of HIV-Infected Pediatric Patients.
 Dapena M, Figueras C, Noguera-Julian A,  et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Feb 26
 Abstract

Tuberculosis

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Microsporidiosis in HIV-positive children in Madrid (Spain).
Del Aguila C, Navajas R, Gurbindo D, et al. J
Eukaryot Microbiol 1997 Nov-Dec;44(6):84S-85S
Abstract
Switzerland
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and HIV in Children in Swaziland.
 Dziuban EJ, Hughey AB, Stewart DA, et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jun 5.
 Abstract

Sudden infant death syndrome in infants born to HIV-infected and opiate using mothers.
Kahlert C, Rudin C, Kind C.
 Arch Dis Child. 2007 Jun 7;
 Abstract
United Kingdom
 

HIV Disease

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Who Gets Severe Gynecomastia Among HIV-Infected Children In The UK And Ireland?
 Kenny J, Doerholt K, Gibb DM, et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Nov 22
 Abstract

Levels of Salivary Immunoglobulin A (SIgA) in HIV Infected Children.
 Subramaniam P, Kumar K, Girish Babu KL.J
Clin Pediatr Dent. 2015 Summer;39(4):377-81.
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Virtual support for paediatric HIV treatment decision making.
 Le Doare K, Mackie NE, Kaye S, et al
Arch Dis Child. 2014 Dec 30. pii: archdischild-2014-307019
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Incidence, Spectrum and Outcome of Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in HIV-Infected Children Following Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy.
Gkentzi D, Tebruegge M, Tudor-Williams G,  et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Mar 10.
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