An Oral Health Survey among HIV-infected children younger than twelve years of age presenting at the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic at Tygerberg Hospital

Description

Magister Scientiae Dentium - MSc(Dent) / HIV/AIDS remains a global health problem. Orofacial manifestations of HIV/AIDS have been found to be among the first signs of immune suppression and have been used in the clini-cal staging of the disease. Infants and children are prone to opportunistic infections because of the immature immune system. Orofacial manifestations of HIV can therefore be used to predict prog-nosis and progression of infection. The introduction of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) has since seen a decline in the development of opportunistic infections and HIV-related orofacial manifestations.

Links & Downloads

1. Mathiba, O. P. (2017). An Oral Health Survey among HIV-infected children younger than twelve years of age presenting at the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic at Tygerberg Hospital. MSc(Dent). University of the Western Cape
2. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5531

Tags

HIV/AIDS

HAART

Oral health

Orofacial manifestations

Orofacial lesions

Dental caries

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/5531
Date	January 2017
Creators	Mathiba, Olorato P.
Contributors	Mohamed, Nadia, Mulder, Riaan
Publisher	The University of the Western Cape
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Rights	The University of the Western Cape