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Immune responses to oral poliovirus vaccine in HIV-exposed uninfected Zimbabwean infants.
(2017-11-02)
It remains uncertain whether HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants have impaired responses to oral vaccines. We performed a cross-sectional study of 6-month-old infants recruited at birth to the ZVITAMBO trial in Zimbabwe ...
Mortality, HIV transmission and growth in children exposed to HIV in rural Zimbabwe.
(2020-01-24)
BACKGROUND: Although prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) interventions have substantially reduced vertical HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, mortality and growth among children who are HIV-exposed remain ...
Predictors of oral rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity in rural Zimbabwean infants.
(Elsevier, 2020-03-17)
BACKGROUND: Oral rotavirus vaccines (RVV) have poor immunogenicity in low-income countries, for reasons that remain unclear. This study identified the determinants of RVV immunogenicity among infants in rural Zimbabwe. ...
Determinants of urogenital schistosomiasis among pregnant women and its association with pregnancy outcomes, neonatal deaths and child growth.
(2019-12-13)
BACKGROUND: Schistosoma haematobium is a parasitic helminth which causes urogenital pathology. The impact of urogenital schistosomiasis during pregnancy on birth outcomes and child growth is poorly understood. METHODS: ...
Head circumferences of children born to HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected mothers in Zimbabwe during the preantiretroviral therapy era
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2016-09-24)
Objectives: To describe the head growth of children according to maternal and child
HIV infection status.
Design: Longitudinal analysis of head circumference data from 13 647 children
followed from birth in the ZVITAMBO ...