Lower birth weight-for-age and length-for-age z-scores in infants with in-utero HIV and ART exposure: a prospective study in Cape Town, South Africa

• Main Authors: Dorothy C. Nyemba (Author), Emma Kalk (Author), Hlengiwe P. Madlala (Author), Thokozile R. Malaba (Author), Amy L. Slogrove (Author), Mary-Ann Davies (Author), Andrew Boulle (Author), Landon Myer (Author), Kathleen M. Powis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Successful scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) during pregnancy has minimized infant HIV acquisition, and over 1 million infants are born HIV-exposed but uninfected (HEU), with an increasing proportion also exposed in utero to maternal ART. While benefits of ART in pregnancy...