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Vitamin D status and TB treatment outcomes in adult patients in Tanzania: a cohort study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)
Objectives: Vitamin D is an immunomodulator and can alter response to tuberculosis (TB) treatment, though randomised trials have been inconclusive to date. We present one of the first comprehensive analysis of the associations ...
Predictors of stunting, wasting, and underweight among Tanzanian children born to HIV-infected women
(2012)
Background: Children born to HIV-infected women are susceptible to undernutrition, but modifiable risk factors and the time course of the development of undernutrition have not been well characterized. Objective: To identify ...
Vitamin D and HIV Progression among Tanzanian Adults Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: There is growing evidence of an association between low vitamin D and HIV disease progression; however, no prospective studies have been conducted among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan ...
Iron Status Predicts Treatment Failure and Mortality in Tuberculosis Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: Experimental data suggest a role for iron in the course of tuberculosis (TB) infection, but there is limited evidence on the potential effects of iron deficiency or iron overload on the progression of TB disease ...
Association between Breast Milk Erythropoietin and Reduced Risk of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission of HIV
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010)
We examined the prospective associations between breast milk concentrations of erythropoietin, a factor with trophic effects on infant gut epithelia, and risk of MTCT through breastfeeding in a study of 59 MTCT cases and ...
Effect of prenatal and perinatal antibiotics on maternal health in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia
(Elsevier BV, 2009)
Objective
We assessed the effect of prenatal and peripartum antibiotics on maternal morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected and uninfected women.
Methods
A multicenter trial was conducted at clinical sites in ...
Post-natal anaemia and iron deficiency in HIV-infected women and the health and survival of their children
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
Prenatal iron supplementation may improve pregnancy outcomes and decrease the risk of child mortality. However, little is known about the importance of postnatal maternal iron status for child health and survival, particularly ...
Effect of selenium supplementation on HIV-1 RNA detection in breast milk of Tanzanian women
(Elsevier BV, 2014)
Objective
Selenium supplementation for HIV-infected women may increase genital shedding of HIV-1, but no studies have examined the effect on viral shedding in breast milk.
Research Methods and Procedures
HIV-infected ...