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Mortality in the first 2 years among infants born to human immunodeficiency virus-infected women in Harare, Zimbabwe 4th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections Zijenah, L., Mbizvo, M. T., Kasule, J., Nathoo, K., Munjoma, M., Mahomed, K., Maldonado, Y., Madzime, S., Katzenstein, D. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. 1998: 109–13

Abstract

Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and mortality was studied among infants of infected women in Zimbabwe. Of 367 infants born to HIV-infected women, 72 (19.6%) died compared with 20 (5.4%) of 372 infants of uninfected women (P < .01). Infection by HIV DNA polymerase chain reaction among infants who survived >7 days and died within 2 years could be assessed in 87% (58/67) of infants of infected women and 83% (5/6) of infants of uninfected women; transmission occurred in 40 of 58 infants. Among 27 infected infants tested at birth, 19 (70%), 5 (19%), and 3 (11%) were apparently infected via in utero, intrapartum or early postpartum, and late postpartum transmission, respectively. The majority of HIV-infected infants who died in the first 2 years of life were likely to have acquired in utero infection.

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