Newborn Son Contracts HIV Infection From Father

New York: In an unusual case, researchers have reported how a newborn baby of an HIV-negative mother got the infection from his father who was also suffering from chicken pox. Fluids leaking from skin blisters of the father was determined to be the source of the infection. “Transmission occurred during the seroconversion period when the father was unaware of the (HIV) infection and was likely accidental,” said the study co-authored by Nuno Taveira of University of Lisbon, Portugal, and colleagues. Diagnosis of the child happened when he reached age 4. (IANS)