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HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants are at Increased Risk for Severe Infections in the First Year of Life Slogrove, Amy L.; Reikie, Brian; Naidoo, Shalena; De Beer, Corena; Ho, Kevin; Cotton, Mark, 1956-; Bettinger, Julie A.; Speert, D. P. (David P.); Esser, Monika; Kollmann, Tobias R.

Abstract

HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants have higher infectious morbidity than HIV-unexposed uninfected (HUU) infants. We present the clinical outcomes from a pilot cohort study of 27 HEU and 28 HUU infants. In the absence of infant malnutrition or advanced maternal HIV, HEU infants experienced a 2.74 (0.85–8.78) times greater risk of hospitalization in the first year.

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