HIV Infection in Children and Adolescents

Professor Raziya Bobat is an Associate Professor and Principal Specialist in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine. She is Head of the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit. Professor Bobat is one of the pioneers in paediatric HIV infection in South Africa, with 30 years of experience in the field. She established the first paediatric HIV clinic in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, at the King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban. To date, the clinic has provided thousands of children with HIV care and antiretrovirals. Prof Bobat has published widely in the field of paediatric HIV infection, and conducted the first and only natural history study on vertically transmitted HIV infection, prior to the availability of ART. She has been the recipient of several large research grants, including, among others, from the NIH. She has established a paediatric HIV research facility at the King Edward VIII hospital, leading to participation in several international studies.

Foreword.- Introduction and Epidemiology.- Transmission and Pathogenesis.- Diagnosis.- Clinical Manifestation.- Management.- HIV and TB.- Opportunistic Infections.- Immunisation of HIV infected child.- Special Populations, Neonates and Adolescents.- Cure.- HIV and the Microbiome.