The IMpact of Vertical HIV infection on child and Adolescent SKeletal development in Harare, Zimbabwe (IMVASK Study): a protocol for a prospective cohort study

IntroductionThe scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has reduced mortality so that increasing numbers of children with HIV (CWH) are surviving to adolescence. However, they experience a range of morbidities due to chronic HIV infection and its treatment. Impaired...

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Main Authors: Hilda Mujuru, Rashida Ferrand, Suzanne Filteau, Andrea M Rehman, Ruramayi Rukuni, Celia Gregson, Cynthia Kahari, Farirayi Kowo, Grace McHugh, Shungu Munyati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/2/e031792.full