Malaria burden in a birth cohort of HIV-exposed uninfected Ugandan infants living in a high malaria transmission setting

Malaria burden in a birth cohort of HIV-exposed uninfected Ugandan infants living in a high malaria transmission setting

Abstract Background HIV-exposed, uninfected (HEU) infants suffer high morbidity and mortality in the first year of life compared to HIV-unexposed, uninfected (HUU) infants, but accurate data on the contribution of malaria are limited. Methods The incidence of febrile illnesses and malaria were evalu...

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Main Authors: Abel Kakuru, Paul Natureeba, Mary K. Muhindo, Tamara D. Clark, Diane V. Havlir, Deborah Cohan, Grant Dorsey, Moses R. Kamya, Theodore Ruel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-10-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
HIV-exposed uninfected infants
Placental malaria
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-016-1568-z

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