Adoption is not associated with immunological and virological outcomes in children with perinatally acquired HIV infection in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To provide an overview of the demographics, treatment characteristics and long-term outcomes of children with perinatal HIV-1 infection (PHIV) living in the Netherlands (NL) and to specifically investigate whether outcomes differ by children's adoption status.

Design

A prospective population-based open cohort including children with PHIV in NL.

Methods

We included children with PHIV who had entered HIV care in NL since 2007, in view of a sharp increase in the number of adopted children with PHIV since that year. We compared the proportion with virologic suppression and CD4+T-cell count over time between the following groups of children with PHIV: adopted and born outside NL, non-adopted born in NL, and non-adopted born outside NL, using generalized estimati

SUBMITTER: Van Den Hof M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10159147 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature