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3126755

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
In July 1986, a provisional clinical case definition of AIDS in children, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for surveillance purposes in Africa, was tested on 159 patients hospitalized in the Department of Pediatrics at Mama Yemo Hospital, Kinshasa, Zaire. Twenty-one (13%) of these children were seropositive for HIV. In this population, the clinical case definition of pediatric AIDS was found to be fairly specific (87%) but lacked sensitivity (35%). The positive predictive value for HIV seropositivity was 25%. This study suggests that it is more difficult to define AIDS clinically in children than in adults and that the utility of the proposed WHO clinical case definition for pediatric AIDS for surveillance of children's AIDS in Africa is limited.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0269-9370
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
151-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of a clinical case definition of AIDS in African children.
pubmed:affiliation
Project SIDA, Department of Public Health, Kinshasa, Zaire.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't