Risk Factors for Measles in HIV-infected Children and Adolescents in Botswana Academic Article uri icon

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abstract

  • We conducted a matched case-control study of 566 HIV-infected children in Botswana during a 2009-2010 measles outbreak to identify the risk factors for measles. Children in the oldest age quartile (≥13.1 years) were 4-fold more likely to acquire measles than those in the youngest quartile (<7.1 years). HIV-infected older children and adolescents may benefit from additional measles vaccination.

authors

  • Wirth, Kathleen E
  • Wolf, Elizabeth R
  • Goldfarb, David
  • Ho-Foster, Ari
  • Tolle, Michael
  • Jacovides, Christina
  • Kirk, Brianna
  • Chise, Mamiki
  • Steenhoff, Andrew P

publication date

  • October 2015