What is the definition of a pediatric case?
An AIDS case report or a positive HIV test report is described as pediatric if the person received a diagnosis of AIDS or tested positive for HIV before his or her 15th birthday.Pediatric cases are included in both the HIV and AIDS section of the surveillance report. For AIDS, information is reported on children of all ages and from all provinces and territories. However, this is not the case for HIV.Surveillance of HIV infection in children is more challenging than surveillance of AIDS, because children under two years of age (infants) can test positive (seropositive) at the time of their first HIV test but may test negative (seronegative) in subsequent HIV tests. This is a result of the circulating maternal antibodies in the blood. As a result, HIV surveillance information on infants needs to be monitored very carefully.
An AIDS case report or a positive HIV test report is described as pediatric if the person received a diagnosis of AIDS or tested positive for HIV before his or her 15th birthday. Pediatric cases are included in both the HIV and AIDS section of the surveillance report. For AIDS, information is reported on children of all ages and from all provinces and territories. However, this is not the case for HIV. Surveillance of HIV infection in children is more challenging than surveillance of AIDS, because children under two years of age (infants) can test positive (seropositive) at the time of their first HIV test but may test negative (seronegative) in subsequent HIV tests. This is a result of the circulating maternal antibodies in the blood. As a result, HIV surveillance information on infants needs to be monitored very carefully. Monitoring these changes in serostatus is difficult because, for most provinces and territories, HIV information on children under two years of age cannot be separ
