| a residential summer camp for children with vertically transmitted hiv/aids: a six-year experience at the hole in the wall gang camp. | residential camping sessions for children with vertically transmitted human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome have been offered at the hole in the wall gang camp for the past six summers. more than 600 children 6 to 12 years of age have attended. such sessions are expensive and require extensive planning. medical and nursing needs have increased greatly over the 6-year period, reflecting advances in treatment and especially an escalation of prescribed medications. we have ... | 1997 | 9310530 |
| varicella outbreak at a summer camp for human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. | varicella can result in severe, persistent, or recurrent disease in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected children. in the summer of 1997, we were notified of a suspected varicella outbreak among attendees of a summer camp for hiv-infected children. we investigated this outbreak to determine the extent and sequelae of the outbreak, and to identify factors that contributed to the outbreak to identify measures for preventing such outbreaks at the camp in the future. | 2001 | 11134436 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c virus infection among clients of hiv counseling and testing sites--connecticut, 1999. | hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a common chronic bloodborne virus infection that affects an estimated 2.7 million persons in the united states. hcv infection causes an estimated 8,000-10,000 deaths each year from cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma and is the leading reason for liver transplantation. because injection drug use is a major risk factor for both human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hcv transmission, publicly funded hiv counseling and testing sites (hiv cts) may have a role in hcv pr ... | 2001 | 11475165 |