Search Results - "Zvandasara, Partson"
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Child mortality according to maternal and infant HIV status in Zimbabwe
Published in The Pediatric infectious disease journal (01-06-2007)“…HIV causes substantial mortality among African children but there is limited data on how this is influenced by maternal or infant infection status and timing…”
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Effects of a Single Large Dose of Vitamin A, Given during the Postpartum Period to HIV-Positive Women and Their Infants, on Child HIV Infection, HIV-Free Survival, and Mortality
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (15-03-2006)“…BackgroundLow maternal serum retinol level is a risk factor for mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Multiple-large-dose…”
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Effect of postpartum maternal or neonatal vitamin A supplementation on infant mortality among infants born to HIV-negative mothers in Zimbabwe
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-02-2005)“…Background: Young infants are at risk of vitamin A deficiency. Supplementation of breastfeeding mothers improves the vitamin A status of their infants, but…”
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Effect of early exclusive breastfeeding on morbidity among infants born to HIV-negative mothers in Zimbabwe
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-05-2009)“…BACKGROUND: Early exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is recommended by the World Health Organization, but EBF rates remain low throughout the world. For infants…”
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HIV incidence among post-partum women in Zimbabwe : risk factors and the effect of vitamin A supplementation
Published in AIDS (London) (26-06-2006)“…To test whether post-partum vitamin A supplementation can reduce incident HIV among post-partum women and identify risk factors for HIV incidence. Randomized,…”
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Mortality and morbidity among postpartum HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in zimbabwe : Risk factors, causes, and impact of single-dose postpartum vitamin a supplementation
Published in Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) (01-09-2006)“…Vitamin A deficiency is common among women in resource-poor countries and is associated with greater mortality during HIV. Fourteen thousand one hundred ten…”
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Making a working clinical diagnosis of HIV infection in infants in Zimbabwe
Published in Tropical medicine & international health (01-12-2008)“…Clinical algorithms can be helpful in decisions about treatment and feeding options in infancy, but have had limited exposure to real data. This analysis uses…”
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Effect of maternal and neonatal vitamin A supplementation and other postnatal factors on anemia in Zimbabwean infants: a prospective, randomized study
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-07-2006)“…BACKGROUND: Anemia is prevalent in infants in developing countries. Its etiology is multifactorial and includes vitamin A deficiency. OBJECTIVE: Our primary…”
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Total body iron in HIV-positive and HIV-negative Zimbabwean newborns strongly predicts anemia throughout infancy and is predicted by maternal hemoglobin concentration
Published in The Journal of nutrition (01-11-2003)“…One method of preventing postnatal iron deficiency is to ensure that the infant is born with a full endowment of iron. We calculated total body iron at birth…”
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Neonatal erythropoiesis and subsequent anemia in HIV-positive and HIV-negative Zimbabwean babies during the first year of life: a longitudinal study
Published in BMC infectious diseases (03-01-2006)“…Anemia is common in HIV infection and independently associated with disease progression and mortality. The pathophysiology of HIV-related anemia is not well…”
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Effect of postpartum maternal or neonatal vitamin A supplementation on infant mortality among infants born to HIV-negative mothers in Zimbabwe2
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-02-2005)“…Background: Young infants are at risk of vitamin A deficiency. Supplementation of breastfeeding mothers improves the vitamin A status of their infants, but…”
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Tolerance of large doses of vitamin a given to mothers and their babies shortly after delivery
Published in Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) (01-10-1999)“…Objective: To assess the acute side effects of a 400,000 IU oral dose of vitamin A given to a newly delivered mother and a 50,000 IU oral dose of vitamin A…”
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