Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine (Dec 2009)

When to start antiretroviral therapy in infants and children

  • Mark F Cotton,
  • Helena Rabie,
  • Ute Feucht,
  • Avy Violari

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v10i4.261
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 4

Abstract

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This articles provides a background for antiretroviral therapy in infants and children, incorporating both old and new data. There is increasing data favouring early therapy for all age groups. Below a year of age, all HIV-infected infants should commence therapy and thereafter at higher CD4 thresholds than previous recommendations