Decrease in Hospitalization and Mortality Rates among Children with Perinatally Acquired HIV Type 1 Infection Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Abstract

HIV-1-associated mortality and hospitalization rates decreased significantly between 1994 and 2001 in perinatally infected children. This correlated with an increase in CD4+ cell percentage and a decrease in HIV-1 RNA load concurrently with the expanded use of HAART.