Mutasa K., Ntozini R., Prendergast A., Iliff P., Rukobo S., Moulton L.H., Ward B.J., Humphrey J.H.
Zvitambo Project, 1 Borrowdale Road, Harare, Zimbabwe; Centre for Paediatrics, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States; Research Institute, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
Mutasa, K., Zvitambo Project, 1 Borrowdale Road, Harare, Zimbabwe; Ntozini, R., Zvitambo Project, 1 Borrowdale Road, Harare, Zimbabwe; Prendergast, A., Zvitambo Project, 1 Borrowdale Road, Harare, Zimbabwe, Centre for Paediatrics, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States; Iliff, P., Zvitambo Project, 1 Borrowdale Road, Harare, Zimbabwe; Rukobo, S., Zvitambo Project, 1 Borrowdale Road, Harare, Zimbabwe; Moulton, L.H., Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States; Ward, B.J., Research Institute, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada; Humphrey, J.H., Zvitambo Project, 1 Borrowdale Road, Harare, Zimbabwe, Centre for Paediatrics, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Among 453 untreated HIV-infected Zimbabwean infants, 6-week viral load was the only infant factor that independently predicted mortality. Infants with viral load ≥ 1.59 million copies/mL (cohort median) had 3-fold increased mortality through 6 months (hazard ratio 3.07 [95% confidence interval: 2.16, 4.38]; P < 0.001) and 2-fold increased mortality through 12 months (hazard ratio 2.03 [95% confidence interval: 1.41, 2.91]; P < 0.001], compared with infants with viral load below the median. © 2012 by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.