Children who acquire HIV infection perinatally are at higher risk of early death than those acquiring infection through breastmilk: a meta-analysis.

Children who acquire HIV infection perinatally are at higher risk of early death than those acquiring infection through breastmilk: a meta-analysis.

Assumptions about survival of HIV-infected children in Africa without antiretroviral therapy need to be updated to inform ongoing UNAIDS modelling of paediatric HIV epidemics among children. Improved estimates of infant survival by timing of HIV-infection (perinatally or postnatally) are thus needed...

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Main Authors: Renaud Becquet, Milly Marston, François Dabis, Lawrence H Moulton, Glenda Gray, Hoosen M Coovadia, Max Essex, Didier K Ekouevi, Debra Jackson, Anna Coutsoudis, Charles Kilewo, Valériane Leroy, Stefan Z Wiktor, Ruth Nduati, Philippe Msellati, Basia Zaba, Peter D Ghys, Marie-Louise Newell, UNAIDS Child Survival Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3285615?pdf=render

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