The association between malnutrition and the incidence of malaria among young HIV-infected and -uninfected Ugandan children: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In sub-Saharan Africa, malnutrition and malaria remain major causes of morbidity and mortality in young children. There are conflicting data as to whether malnutrition is associated with an increased or decreased risk of malaria. In addition, data are limited on the potential interaction between HIV infection and the association between malnutrition and the risk of malaria.

Methods

A cohort of 100 HIV-unexposed, 203 HIV-exposed (HIV negative children born to HIV-infected mothers) and 48 HIV-infected children aged 6 weeks to 1 year were recruited from an area of high malaria transmission intensity in rural Uganda and followed until the age of 2.5 years. All children were provided with insecticide-treated bed nets at enrolment and daily trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazol

SUBMITTER: Arinaitwe E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3337276 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature