HIV/AIDS Immunology
Research on HIV/AIDS immunology described by scientists at University of Toronto
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 16th, 2009
Researchers detail in 'Time-independent maternal and infant factors and time-dependent infant morbidities including HIV infection, contribute to infant growth faltering during the first 2 years of life,' new data in HIV/AIDS. "Studies investigating the predictors of growth in infants born to HIV-infected women in developing countries are limited. Using data from 886 Tanzanian HIV-infected women and their infants, we examined the impact of maternal socioeconomic and immunological status, infant characteristics at birth, and HIV, diarrhea and respiratory infections on infants' monthly length-for-age (LAZ) and length-for-weight (WLZ) z-scores during the first 2 years of life," scientists in...
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