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Lepage P., Msellati Philippe, Hitimana D.G., Bazubagira A., Van Goethem C., Simonon A., Karita E., Dequae-Merchadou L., Van de Perre P., Dabis F. (1996). Growth of human immunodeficiency type 1-infected and unifected children : a prospective cohort study in Kigali, Rwanda, 1988 to 1993. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 15 (6), p. 479-485. ISSN 0891-3668.

Titre du document
Growth of human immunodeficiency type 1-infected and unifected children : a prospective cohort study in Kigali, Rwanda, 1988 to 1993
Année de publication
1996
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Lepage P., Msellati Philippe, Hitimana D.G., Bazubagira A., Van Goethem C., Simonon A., Karita E., Dequae-Merchadou L., Van de Perre P., Dabis F.
Source
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1996, 15 (6), p. 479-485 ISSN 0891-3668
To compare the anthropometric characteristics of children with an without HIV-1 infection. In a prospective cohort study of 218 children born to HIV-1 seropositive mothers and 218 children born to HIV-1 seronegative mothers in Kigali, Rwanda, 3 groups were compared : infected children (n = 46), uninfected children born to seropositive mothers (n = 140), and uninfected children born to seronegative mothers (n = 207). Weight, height and head circumference were measured at birth, every 3 months during the first year of life and every 6 months thereafter. The weight-for-age, height-for-age, weight-for-height and head circumference-for-age mean z scores were calculated. The weight-for-age, height-for-age and head circumference-for-age mean z scores were lower among HIV-infected children than among uninfected ones at each time period. The reduction in the weight-for-age mean z score was the greatest between 12 and 36 months of age. On the other hand the weight-for-height mean z score was not consistently lower in HIV-infected children when compared with uninfected ones. The anthropometric characteristics of uninfected children born to seropositive mothers were similar to those of children born to seronegative mothers. In this study, HIV-infected children were more frequently stunted (low heigh-for-age) than uninfected ones. Wasting (low weight-for-height) was not common among HIV-infected children. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plan de classement
Maladies sexuellement transmissibles [052MALTRA03]
Descripteurs
SIDA ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE ; CROISSANCE ; NOUVEAU NE ; NOURRISSON ; ENFANT D'AGE PRESCOLAIRE ; ANTHROPOMETRIE ; VIRUS HIV-1 ; TRANSMISSION FOETOMATERNELLE
Description Géographique
RWANDA ; KIGALI
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010007712] ; Montpellier (Centre IRD)
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010007712
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