Abstract
Abstract AIDS is an important health problem in developing and developed countries. Recent advances in management of HIV infection have brought a decrease in incidence of infection and AIDS in children born in America & other western countries while statistically the most infected children are born in developing countries. The primary route of HIV infection in children is perinatal transmission. Perinatal chemoprophylaxis decreases HIV infection in children considerably.
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