Guidelines for HIV-Infected Children and their Foster Families

Statement of the problem

At the end of 1990, approximately 2,786 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in children under the age of 13 had been reported to the CDC. Many more children are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) but have milder or no apparent disease. The majority of young children have acquired their infection through perinatal transmission from HIV-infected mothers.