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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
We assessed the effect of maternal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on birth outcomes and infant survival in rural Mozambique. Pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic were recruited. These women and their infants were followed-up for one year. Birth outcomes were assessed at delivery and infant HIV status was determined at 1 and 12 months of age. Women positive for HIV were more likely to have anemia at delivery than women negative for HIV (51.3% versus 35.4%; P < 0.001). Infants born to HIV-positive mothers had a significantly higher post-neonatal mortality rate than infants born to HIV-negative mothers (7.8% versus 1.9%; P < 0.001). The rate of transmission of HIV by breastfeeding during the first year of life was 15.1% (95% confidence interval = CI 7.6-22.4). Assessment of the impact of HIV infection on birth outcomes in rural Africa is essential for tailoring public health measures to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV and excess infant mortality.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1476-1645
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
870-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Infant Mortality, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Mozambique, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Parturition, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Pregnancy Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Rural Population, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Viral Load, pubmed-meshheading:19407140-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Impact of maternal human immunodeficiency virus infection on birth outcomes and infant survival in rural Mozambique.
pubmed:affiliation
Barcelona Center for International Health Research, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. dsuzanne@clinic.ub.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't