Morbidity and mortality in HIV-exposed uninfected children

Future Virology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1077-1100

  Thorne, Claire ^a   Idele, Priscilla ^b   Chamla, Dick ^b   Romano, Sostena ^b   Luo, Chewe ^b   Newell, Marie Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; children; HIV exposed uninfected; maternal HIV infection; maternal survival; morbidity; mortality

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANEMIA; BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS EXPOSED UNINFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS UNEXPOSED UNINFECTED PATIENT; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; STUNTING; SURVIVAL; TANZANIA; UGANDA; UNDERWEIGHT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEANING; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84942606978     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: 17460808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fvl.15.70     Document Type: Review

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