Improving survival in children with AIDS in Brazil: results of the second national study, 1999-2002

The objective of this study is to characterize survival in children with AIDS diagnosed in Brazil between 1999-2002, compared with the first national study (1983-1998). This national retrospective cohort study examined a representative sample of Brazilian children exposed to HIV from mother-to-child...

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Main Authors: Luiza Harunari Matida, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr., Jorg Heukelbach, Adriana Sañudo, Regina Célia de Menezes Succi, Heloisa Helena de Sousa Marques, Marinella Della Negra, Norman Hearst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2011001300010&lng=en&tlng=en