HIV Prevalence and Impact on Renutrition in Children Hospitalised for Severe Malnutrition in Niger: An Argument for More Systematic Screening

BACKGROUND: In developing countries, malnutrition is a contributing factor in over 50% of child deaths. Mortality rates are higher in underweight children, and HIV-infection is known to increase underweight. Our goals were to evaluate the prevalence of HIV among children hospitalised for severe maln...

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Autores principales: Madec, Yoann, Germanaud, David, Moya-Alvarez, Violeta, Alkassoum, Wafa, Issa, Aichatou, Amadou, Morou, Tchiombiano, Stephanie, Pizzocolo, Cecilia, Huber, Florence, Diallo, Sanata, Abdoulaye-Mamadou, Roubanatou
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21829514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022787

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