2007
Influence of body mass index on pregnancy outcomes among HIV‐infected and HIV‐uninfected Zambian women
Banda Y, Chapman V, Goldenberg RL, H. B, Vermund SH, Stringer JS. Influence of body mass index on pregnancy outcomes among HIV‐infected and HIV‐uninfected Zambian women. Tropical Medicine And International Health 2007, 12: 856-861. PMID: 17596253, PMCID: PMC2570322, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01857.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexPregnancy outcomesBirth weightInfant weightMass indexZambian womenBMI unitsLower body mass indexChild transmission ratePerinatal HIV transmissionPrevention of motherHIV viral loadInfant birth weightMean birth weightTransmission of HIVNevirapine administrationPrior stillbirthBMI quartilesCD4 countChild transmissionViral loadHIV transmissionMaternal parityUnivariate analysisClinical trials
2005
Does Severity of HIV Disease in HIV-Infected Mothers Affect Mortality and Morbidity among Their Uninfected Infants?
Kuhn L, Kasonde P, Sinkala M, Kankasa C, Semrau K, Scott N, Tsai WY, Vermund SH, Aldrovandi GM, Thea DM. Does Severity of HIV Disease in HIV-Infected Mothers Affect Mortality and Morbidity among Their Uninfected Infants? Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005, 41: 1654-1661. PMID: 16267740, PMCID: PMC1351118, DOI: 10.1086/498029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonths of ageUninfected infantsHIV diseaseAdvanced diseasePerinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissionAdvanced maternal HIV diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissionHIV-uninfected infantsLower child weightMaternal HIV diseaseMaternal viral loadT-cell countsCells/microLLow birth weightInfants of mothersHealth of infantsMonths of lifeMaternal diseaseHIV infectionHospital admissionImmune dysfunctionInfant weightMaternal deathsViral loadBirth weight