Bifidobacterium infantis supplementation versus placebo in early life to improve immunity in infants exposed to HIV: a protocol for a randomized trial

• Main Authors: Anna-Ursula Happel (Author), Lerato Rametse (Author), Brandon Perumaul (Author), Christian Diener (Author), Sean M. Gibbons (Author), Donald D. Nyangahu (Author), Kirsten A. Donald (Author), Clive Gray (Author), Heather B. Jaspan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction Infants who are born from mothers with HIV (infants who are HIV exposed but uninfected; iHEU) are at higher risk of morbidity and display multiple immune alterations compared to infants who are HIV-unexposed (iHU). Easily implementable strategies to improve immunity of iHEU, an...