The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 159-165 , July 2008

Increased incidence of asthma in HIV-infected children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy in the National Institutes of Health Women and Infants Transmission Study

  • Samuel B. Foster, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology Section, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex
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  • Kenneth McIntosh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • Bruce Thompson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials & Surveys Corporation, Baltimore, Md
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  • Ming Lu, MS

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials & Surveys Corporation, Baltimore, Md
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  • Wanrong Yin, MS

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials & Surveys Corporation, Baltimore, Md
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  • Kenneth C. Rich, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill
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  • Hermann Mendez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
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  • Leslie K. Serchuck, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric, Adolescent and Maternal AIDS Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Md
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  • Clemente Diaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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  • Mary E. Paul, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology Section, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex
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  • William T. Shearer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology Section, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: William T. Shearer, MD, PhD, Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin St (MC: FC330.01), Houston, TX 77030.

Received 25 February 2008 ,Revised 4 April 2008 ,Accepted 18 April 2008.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health grants and contracts HL96040, HL079533, HL72705, AI27551, AI36211, HD41983, RR0188, and AI41089; the Pediatric Research and Education Fund, Baylor College of Medicine; the David Fund, Pediatric AIDS Fund, and Immunology Research Fund, Texas Children's Hospital.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: K. McIntosh has served as an expert witness for Pfizer on the treatment of meningitis in Africa. B. Thompson, M. Lu, and W. Yin are employed by Clinical Trials & Surveys Corporation. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(08)00941-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.04.043

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 159-165 , July 2008

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