Immunology of pediatric HIV infection

NH Tobin, GM Aldrovandi - Immunological reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Most infants born to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐infected women escape HIV
infection. Infants evade infection despite an immature immune system and, in the case of …

The importance of the microbiome in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases

T Gaufin, NH Tobin, GM Aldrovandi - Current opinion in pediatrics, 2018 - journals.lww.com
The importance of the microbiome in pediatrics and pediatric... : Current Opinion in Pediatrics
The importance of the microbiome in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases : Current …

[HTML][HTML] Current knowledge and future research on infant feeding in the context of HIV: basic, clinical, behavioral, and programmatic perspectives

SL Young, MNN Mbuya, CJ Chantry, EP Geubbels… - Advances in …, 2011 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT In 2008, between 129,000 and 194,000 of the 430,000 pediatric HIV infections
worldwide were attributable to breastfeeding. Yet in many settings, the health, economic …

Attitudes to routine HIV counselling and testing, and knowledge about prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey …

R Byamugisha, JK Tumwine, G Ndeezi… - Journal of the …, 2010 - Springer
Background HIV testing rates have exceeded 90% among the pregnant women at Mbale
Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale District, eastern Uganda, since the introduction of …

[HTML][HTML] Infant feeding practice and associated factors among HIV positive mothers in Debre Markos Referral Hospital East Gojam zone, North West Ethiopia

EB Wakwoya, TA Zewudie… - The Pan African Medical …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods An institutional based cross sectional study was conducted from May to September
2013. A Randomly selected 260 HIV positive mothers were included. The data were …

Household food insecurity, maternal nutritional status, and infant feeding practices among HIV-infected Ugandan women receiving combination antiretroviral therapy

SL Young, AHJ Plenty, FA Luwedde… - Maternal and child …, 2014 - Springer
Household food insecurity (HHFI) may be a barrier to both optimal maternal nutritional status
and infant feeding practices, but few studies have tested this relationship quantitatively, and …

Infant feeding practices among HIV-positive women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, indicate a need for more intensive infant feeding counselling

SL Young, KA Israel-Ballard, EA Dantzer… - Public health …, 2010 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo assess feeding practices of infants born to HIV-positive women in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania. These data then served as a proxy to evaluate the adequacy of current …

Availability of nutritional support services in HIV care and treatment sites in sub-Saharan African countries

A Anema, W Zhang, Y Wu, B Elul, SD Weiser… - Public health …, 2012 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo examine the availability of nutritional support services in HIV care and treatment
sites across sub-Saharan Africa. DesignIn 2008, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of …

Factors affecting mothers' choice of breastfeeding vs. Formula feeding in the lower Umfolozi District War Memorial hospital, Kwazulu-Natal

S Swarts, H Salome Kruger, RC Dolman - Health SA Gesondheid …, 2010 - scielo.org.za
Resumo SWARTS, Susan; SALOME KRUGER, H. e DOLMAN, Robin C.. Factors affecting
mothers' choice of breastfeeding vs. formula feeding in the lower Umfolozi district war …

Breastfeeding and AIDS in the developing world

L Kuhn, C Reitz, EJ Abrams - Current opinion in pediatrics, 2009 - journals.lww.com
While awaiting further studies defining optimal approaches to preventing HIV transmission
during breastfeeding, promoting exclusive breastfeeding and assuring antiretroviral …