Recurrent Infections and Lymphadenopathy in the Child of a Hemophiliac: A Survey of Children of Hemophiliacs Positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody
Authors: MARGARET V. RAGNI
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1986)

Brief Reports1 December 1986Recurrent Infections and Lymphadenopathy in the Child of a Hemophiliac: A Survey of Children of Hemophiliacs Positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus AntibodyMARGARET V. RAGNI, M.D., JOEL A. SPERO, M.D., FRANKLIN A. BONTEMPO, M.D., JESSICA H. LEWIS, M.D.MARGARET V. RAGNI, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOEL A. SPERO, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRANKLIN A. BONTEMPO, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JESSICA H. LEWIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-105-6-886 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe etiologic agent of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is transmitted through homosexual or heterosexual contact. Persons who have contracted AIDS through heterosexual contact, accounting for 2% of the total cases of AIDS, include primarily women who are the sexual partners of intravenous drug users or of bisexual men who have AIDS or its related complex or who are HIV antibody positive (1-4). Moreover, such women are often also at risk through their own lifestyles, which may include intravenous drug use or prostitution. In contrast, the risk of HIV transmission in heterosexual partners of hemophiliacs...References1. MASURMICHELISWORMSER HMG. Opportunistic infection in previously healthy women: initial manifestations of a community-acquired cellular immunodeficiency. Ann Intern Med. 1982;97:533-9. LinkGoogle Scholar2. HARRISSMALLKLEIN CCR. Immunodeficiency in female sexual partners of men with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1983;308:1181-4. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. VAN DE PERRECLUMECKCARAEL PNM. Female prostitutes: a risk for infection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III. Lancet. 1985;2:524-7. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. WINKELSTEINWILEYPADIANLEVY WJNJ. Potential for transmission of AIDS-associated retrovirus from bisexual men in San Francisco to their female sexual contacts [Letter]. JAMA. 1986;255:901. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. PITCHENIKSHAFRONGLASSERSPIRA ARRT. The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the wife of a hemophiliac. Ann Interri Med. 1984;100:62-5. LinkGoogle Scholar6. RATNOFFLEDERMANJENKINS OMJ. Lymphadenopathy in a hemophiliac patient and his sexual partner [Letter]. Ann Intern Med. 1984;100:915. LinkGoogle Scholar7. RAGNIBONTEMPOLEWISSPERORABIN MFJJB. An immunologic study of spouses and siblings of asymptomatic hemophiliacs. Blood. 1983;62:1297-9. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. KREISSKITCHENPRINCEKASPERESSEX JLHCM. Antibody to human T-lymphotropic virus type III in wives of hemophiliacs: evidence for heterosexual transmission. Ann Intern Med. 1985; 102:623-6. LinkGoogle Scholar9. LAPOINTEMICHANDPEKOVICCHAUSSEAN NJDJ. Transplacental transmission of HTLV-III virus [Letter]. TV Engl J Med. 1985;312:1325-6. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. CHIODORICCHICOSTIGLIOLAMICHELACCIBOVICELLIDALLACASA FEPLLP. Vertical transmission of HTLV-III [Letter]. Lancet. 1986;1:739. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. SCOTTFISCHLKLIMAS GMN. Mothers of infants with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: evidence for both symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers. JAMA. 1985;253:363-6. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. RAGNIURBACHKIERNAN MAS. The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the child of a haemophiliac. Lancet. 1985;1:133-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. RAGNILEWISSPEROBONTEMPORABIN MJJFB. Acquired-immunodeficiency-like syndrome in two haemophiliacs. Lancet. 1983;1:213-4. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of Pittsburgh Central Blood Bank of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByA Full-Blown EpidemicModel of the Impact of HIV Infection on the Size of Future Hemophilia and Carrier Birth CohortsAIDS and treatment of hemophilia patientsHeterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Association with Severe Depletion of T-Helper Lymphocytes in Men with Hemophilia 1 December 1986Volume 105, Issue 6Page: 886-887KeywordsAIDSAddictsBisexualsBlood banksChildrenDrugsHIVHeterosexualsHomosexualsPediatric infections Issue Published: 1 December 1986 PDF DownloadLoading ...