The new face of the pediatric HIV epidemic in Western countries: demographic characteristics, morbidity and mortality of the pediatric HIV-infected population.

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Published in Pediatr Infect Dis J on May 01, 2015

Authors

Elettra Berti1, Claire Thorne, Antoni Noguera-Julian, Pablo Rojo, Luisa Galli, Maurizio de Martino, Elena Chiappini

Author Affiliations

1: From the *Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy; †Population, Policy and Practice Programme, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom; ‡Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Paediatric Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu-Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues, Barcelona, Spain; and §Department of Pediatrics, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.

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