Pediatr. praxi. 2012;13(6):395-397

HIV/AIDS issue in childhood and in adolescence

MUDr.Alena Zjevíková¹, MUDr.Šárka Matlerová², MUDr.Irena Martinková², MUDr.Lenka Olbrechtová¹, MUDr.Jitka Kolčáková¹

¹ Klinika infekčního lékařství FN Ostrava

² Krajská hygienická stanice Moravskoslezského kraje se sídlem v Ostravě

Pandemic HIV/AIDS infection persists as a global problem. The number of newly infected persons is still growing. A high percentage of

HIV positive women is related to increasing number of infected children. There are only 6 HIV positive children with mother to child transmission

in the Czech Republic. Other 8 children were infected the blood derivatives before 1 986. Unsafe sex and intravenous drug abuse

is the most frequent way to HIV transmission in adolescents. HIV positive children and adolescents survive for a few decades in good

health condition when they are diagnosed early and they are treated properly. We describe course of disease in childhood, mother to

child transmission prevention and post-exposure prophylaxis for high-risk behavior in our article. We also describe epidemiological

situation in the Czech Republic.

Keywords: pandemic HIV, childhood, epidemiologic state in the Czech Republic

Published: December 1, 2012  Show citation