High risk of adverse birth outcomes among adolescents living with HIV in Botswana compared to adult women living with HIV and adolescents without HIV

• Main Authors: Maya Jackson-Gibson (Author), Rebecca Zash (Author), Aamirah Mussa (Author), Ellen C. Caniglia (Author), Modiegi Diseko (Author), Gloria Mayondi (Author), Judith Mabuta (Author), Chelsea Morroni (Author), Mompati Mmalane (Author), Shahin Lockman (Author), Joseph Makhema (Author), Roger L. Shapiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Adolescent girls are three times more likely to be living with HIV than boys of the same age. Prior studies have found associations between adolescent pregnancies and increased maternal morbidity and infant mortality, but few studies have assessed the impact of HIV infection on m...