Increased incidence of asthma in HIV-infected children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy in the National Institutes of Health Women and Infants …
SB Foster, K McIntosh, B Thompson, M Lu… - Journal of allergy and …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Immunoreconstitution of HIV+ patients after treatment with highly active
antiretroviral therapy (HAART) appears to provoke inflammatory diseases. OBJECTIVE: We
sought to determine whether HIV+ children receiving HAART (HIV+ HAART+) have a higher
incidence of asthma than HIV+ children not receiving HAART (HIV+ HAART−). METHODS:
Two thousand six hundred sixty-four children (193 HIV+ and 2471 HIV− children) born to
HIV+ women were evaluated for the incidence and prevalence of asthma (ie, asthma …
antiretroviral therapy (HAART) appears to provoke inflammatory diseases. OBJECTIVE: We
sought to determine whether HIV+ children receiving HAART (HIV+ HAART+) have a higher
incidence of asthma than HIV+ children not receiving HAART (HIV+ HAART−). METHODS:
Two thousand six hundred sixty-four children (193 HIV+ and 2471 HIV− children) born to
HIV+ women were evaluated for the incidence and prevalence of asthma (ie, asthma …