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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

Jean H. Humphrey,Peter Iliff,Edmore Marinda,Kuda Mutasa,Lawrence H. Moulton,Henry Chidawanyika,Brian J. Ward,Kusum Nathoo,Lucie C. Malaba,Lynn S. Zijenah,P Zvandasara,Robert Ntozini,Faith Mzengeza,Agnes Mahomva,Andrea Ruff,Michael T. Mbizvo,Clare Zunguza

Medicine

Vitamin

Vitamin A deficiency

2006

BackgroundLow maternal serum retinol level is a risk factor for mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Multiple-large-dose vitamin A supplementation of HIV-positive children reduces mortality. The World Health Organization recommends single-large-dose vitamin A supplementation for postpartum women in areas of prevalent vitamin A deficiency; neonatal dosing is under consideration. We investigated the effect that single-large-dose maternal/neonatal vitamin A supplementation has on MTCT, HIV-free survival, and mortality in HIV-exposed infants

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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” is a paper by Jean H. Humphrey Peter Iliff Edmore Marinda Kuda Mutasa Lawrence H. Moulton Henry Chidawanyika Brian J. Ward Kusum Nathoo Lucie C. Malaba Lynn S. Zijenah P Zvandasara Robert Ntozini Faith Mzengeza Agnes Mahomva Andrea Ruff Michael T. Mbizvo Clare Zunguza published in 2006. It has an Open Access status of “bronze”. You can read and download a PDF Full Text of this paper here.