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International Journal of HIV and AIDS research
International Conference on
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases, AIDS and Parasitic Infections
Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, STDs and STIs
September 21-22, 2017 San Antonio, TX, USA
To grow up with an innate or early acquired HIV infection
Lise-Lott Rydström
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Aim: The aim is to describe how children growing up with an early acquired HIV and their legal guardian’s
experiences the life of these children.
Today, more than 2.6 million children aged 0-15 years are living with an HIV infection in the world. The majority
of these children are infected by mother to child transmission and have a perinatally acquired HIV. As a result of
better and more accessible treatment children are expected to become adults and live a long life. Data concerning
living with perinatally acquired HIV or being a legal guardian of a child with perinatally acquired HIV is scarce.
A nationwide study on children growing up with an early acquired HIV and their legal guardian’s in Sweden
indicates that these children do well related to health related quality of life and HIV related stigma. Studies have
also shown that legal guardians rate their children’s health related quality of life and HIV related stigma relatively
consistent. However, disclosure is one issue where children’s and legal guardian’s expectations are diverge.