| Literature DB >> 7737068 |
M J Boivin1, S D Green, A G Davies, B Giordani, J K Mokili, W A Cutting.
Abstract
Fourteen asymptomatic HIV-infected Zairian children under 2 years of age displayed social and motor developmental deficits on the Denver Developmental Screening Test when compared with 20 HIV-negative cohorts born to HIV-infected mothers and 16 control children. In a second study, 11 infected children over 2 years of age had sequential motor and visual-spatial memory deficits on the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children and motor development deficits on the Early Childhood Screening Profiles. HIV infection affects central nervous system structures mediating motor and spatial memory development, even in seemingly asymptomatic children. Furthermore, maternal HIV infection compromises the labor-intensive provision of care in the African milieu and undermines global cognitive development in even uninfected children.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Behavior; Biology; Child; Child Development; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; French Speaking Africa; Hiv Infections; Middle Africa; Muscular Effects; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Psychological Factors; Research Report; Viral Diseases; Youth; Zaire
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Year: 1995 PMID： 7737068 DOI： 10.1037//0278-6133.14.1.13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Health Psychol ISSN： 0278-6133 Impact factor: 4.267