Growth, morbidity, and mortality in a cohort of institutionalized HIV-1-infected African children.

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OBJECTIVE: As a result of the HIV epidemic in Africa, much debate exists on whether institutionalized compared with community-based care provides optimum management of infected children. Previous reports calculated 89% mortality by age 3 years among outpatients in Malawi. No similar data are available for infected children in institutionalized care. We characterized patterns of morbidity and mortality among HIV-1-infected children residing at an orphanage in Nairobi. METHODS: Medical records...

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Authors: Nathan, L; Nerlander, L; Dixon, JR; Ripley, R; Barnabas, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 237-241
• Publication date: 2003-10-01
• DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200310010-00015
• EISSN: 1944-7884
• ISSN: 1525-4135
• Language: English
• Keywords: Child; Adolescent; Cohort Studies; Humans; Kenya; Retrospective Studies; HIV-1; Infant; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Growth; Morbidity; Child, Preschool; Child, Institutionalized