Open AccessPreterm birth and severe morbidity in hospitalized neonates who are HIV exposed and uninfected compared with HIV unexposed
Author(s) -
Kim Anderson,
Emma Kalk,
Hlengiwe P. Madlala,
Dorothy Nyemba,
Nisha Jacob,
Amy L. Slogrove,
Melissa Smith,
Max Kroon,
Michael Harrison,
Brian Eley,
Andrew Boulle,
Landon Myer,
MaryAnn Davies
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000002856
Subject(s) - medicine , respiratory distress , prospective cohort study , neonatal intensive care unit , pediatrics , confidence interval , cohort study , cohort , obstetrics , surgery
Infants who are HIV exposed but uninfected (HEU) compared with HIV unexposed uninfected (HUU) have an increased risk of adverse birth outcomes, morbidity and hospitalization. In the era of universal maternal antiretroviral treatment, there are few insights into patterns of neonatal morbidity specifically.