Oral status of HIV-infected children aged 12 years or younger who attended a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic in Cape Town

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2020

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Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract

Children continue to suffer from the impact of the human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic. In Cape Town, these children receive medical care including antiretroviral therapy from facilities like Tygerberg Hospital's Paediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic. HIV-infected children may experience an increased caries experience when compared with their healthy peers

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HIV/AIDS, Paediatric, Dental, Caries, Oral health

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Mohamed, N. et al . (2020). Oral status of HIV-infected children aged 12 years or younger who attended a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic in Cape Town. Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 6(1), 75-81. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cre2.251

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http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5410

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Research Articles (Orthodontics)