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Wasting Syndrome
Nutrition and Intra-Uterine Development
Micronutrients
Vitamin Studies: General
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Selenium
Zinc


 


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General Reports
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Supplementation With Multivitamins and Vitamin A and Incidence of Malaria Among HIV-Infected Tanzanian Women.
Olofin IO, Spiegelman D, Aboud S,  et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2014 Dec 1;67 Suppl 4:S173-8.
Paper

Executive summary--Nutritional Care of HIV-Infected Adolescents and Adults, including Pregnant and Lactating Women: What Do We Know, What Can We Do, and Where Do We Go from Here?
Raiten DJ, Mulligan K, Papathakis P, Wanke C.
Am J Clin Nutr
. 2011 Dec;94(6):1667S-76S
Abstract

Nutritional indicators of adverse pregnancy outcomes and mother-to-child transmission
of HIV among HIV-infected women.
Mehta S, Manji KP, Young AM, et al
  
Am J Clin Nutr
. 2008 Jun;87(6):1639-49.

Abstract


Wasting
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Wasting During Pregnancy Increases the Risk of Mother-to-Child HIV-1 Transmission.
Villamor E, Saathoff E, Msamanga G, O'brien ME, et al
 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Apr 15;38(5):622-626.
Abstract

Nutrition and Intra-Uterine Development
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  An analysis of intra-uterine growth retardation in rural Malawi.
Verhoeff FH, Brabin BJ, van Buuren S,et al..
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2001 Aug;55(8):682-9.
Abstract

Vitamin Studies: General
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
Vitamin a and carotenoids during pregnancy and maternal, neonatal and infant health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Thorne-Lyman AL, Fawzi WW.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2012 Jul;26 Suppl 1:36-54
Abstract

Vitamin Supplementation Increases Risk of Subclinical Mastitis in HIV-Infected Women.
Arsenault JE, Aboud S, Manji KP, et al

J Nutr
. 2010 Aug 25
Abstract
 

Effect of vitamin supplements on HIV shedding in breast milk.
Villamor E, Koulinska IN, Aboud S, et al
Am J Clin Nutr
. 2010 Aug 25
Abstract

Lipid-soluble vitamins A, D, and E in HIV-infected pregnant women in Tanzania.
Mehta S, Spiegelman D, Aboud S, et al
Eur J Clin Nutr
. 2010 Jun

Abstract

Sex differences in the effects of maternal vitamin supplements on mortality and morbidity
among children born to HIV-infected women in Tanzania.
Kawai K, Msamanga G, Manji K,  et al  
Br J Nutr
. 2010 Jun;103(12):1784-91
Abstract

Maternal and child nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and interventions.
Lartey A .
Proc Nutr Soc.
2008 Feb;67(1):105-8
Abstract
 

Effect of Maternal Multivitamin Supplementation on the Mental and Psychomotor Development
of Children Who Are Born to HIV-1-Infected Mothers in Tanzania.
McGrath N, Bellinger D, Robins J, et al
Pediatrics. 2006 Feb;117(2):e216-e225.
Abstract
 
Multivitamin Supplementation of HIV-Positive Women during Pregnancy Reduces Hypertension.
Merchant AT, Msamanga G, Villamor E, et al
J Nutr.
2005 Jul;135(7):1776-81
Abstract
 
Effect of vitamin supplementation to HIV-infected pregnant women on the micronutrient
status of their infants.
Baylin A, Villamor E, Rifai N, Msamanga G, Fawzi WW.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jun 15;
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Vitamin supplementation for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and pre-term
delivery: a systematic review of RCTs including more than 2800 women.

Mills EJ, Wu P, Seely D, Guyatt GH.

AIDS Res Ther. 2005 May 6;2(1):4
Paper

Vitamin supplementation of HIV-infected women improves postnatal child growth.
Villamor E, Saathoff E, Bosch RJ, et al
 
Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Apr;81(4):880-8.

Abstract


Micronutrient Studies
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Micronutrient supplementation in pregnant women with HIV infection.
Siegfried N, Irlam JH, Visser ME, Rollins NN.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
.
2012 Mar 14;3:CD009755.
Abstract

Micronutrient status during lactation in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African women
during the first 6 mo after delivery.

Papathakis PC, Rollins NC, Chantry CJ, et al
Am J Clin Nutr.
2007 Jan;85(1):182-92.
Abstract


Micronutrients and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the context of HIV infection.
Fawzi W, Msamanga G.

Nutr Rev. 2004 Jul;62(7 Pt 1):269-75.

Abstract

Selenium  
   

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Plasma and breast-milk selenium in HIV-infected Malawian mothers are positively associated with infant selenium status but are not associated with maternal supplementation: results of the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition study.
Flax VL, Bentley ME, Combs GF Jr,  et al
Am J Clin Nutr
. 2014 Feb 5.
Abstract

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of selenium supplements among HIV-infected
pregnant women in Tanzania: effects on maternal and child outcomes.
Kupka R, Mugusi F, Aboud S, et al
 
Am J Clin Nutr.
2008 Jun;87(6):1802-8.
Abstract
 

Selenium status is associated with accelerated HIV disease progression among HIV-1-
infected pregnant women in Tanzania.
Kupka R, Msamanga GI, Spiegelman D, et al 
J Nutr. 2004 Oct;134(10):2556-60.
Abstract

Micronutrients and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the context of HIV infection.
Fawzi W, Msamanga G.

Nutr Rev
. 2004 Jul;62(7 Pt 1):269-75.

Abstract

Vitamin A Studies/Strategies
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries   

 
Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy for maternal and newborn outcomes.
van den Broek N, Dou L, Othman M,  et al
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
. 2010 Nov 10;11:CD008666
Abstract

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of prenatal and postnatal vitamin A supplementation of
HIV-infected women.

EJ, Wiysonge CS, Shey MS.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2008 Oct 14
Abstract
 

Mortality and Morbidity Among Postpartum HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Women in Zimbabwe:
Risk Factors, Causes, and Impact of Single-Dose Postpartum Vitamin A Supplementation.
Zvandasara P, Hargrove JW, Ntozini R, et al 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Jul 31;
Abstract
 
Effects of a Single Large Dose of Vitamin A, Given during the Postpartum Period to HIV-Positive
Women and Their Infants, on Child HIV Infection, HIV-Free Survival, and Mortality.
Humphrey JH, Iliff PJ, Marinda ET, et al
J Infect Dis
. 2006 Mar 15;193(6):860-71.
Abstract

Effect of providing vitamin supplements to human immunodeficiency virus-infected, lactating
mothers on the child's morbidity and CD4+ cell counts.
Fawzi WW, Msamanga GI, Wei R,
et al.
Clin Infect Dis 2003 Apr 15;36(8):1053-62
Abstract

Effect of multivitamin and vitamin A supplements on weight gain during pregnancy among
HIV-1-infected women.
Villamor E, Msamanga G, Spiegelman D, et al.
Am J Clin Nutr 2002 Nov;76(5):1082-90
Abstract

Vitamin A Supplementation and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Shedding in
Women: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Baeten JM, McClelland RS, Overbaugh J, et al.
J
Infect Dis 2002 Apr 15;185(8):1187-1191
   
Abstract

Relation of vitamin A and carotenoid status to growth failure and mortality among
ugandan infants with human immunodeficiency virus.
Melikian G, Mmiro F, Ndugwa C, et al.
Nutrition 2001 Jul;17(7-8):567-572
Abstract

Vitamin A deficiency and other nutritional indices during  pregnancy in human
 immunodeficiency virus infection :prevalence, clinical correlates, and outcome. Women
and Infants Transmission Study Group.
Burns DN, FitzGerald G, Semba R, et al.
Clin Infect Dis 1999 Aug;29(2):328-334
Abstract

 

Vitamin D Studies/Strategies
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries   

  High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Pregnant Women.
Eckard AR, Leong T, Avery A, Castillo MD, et al
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
. 2013 May 16.
Abstract

Zinc Studies/Strategies
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Zinc supplementation to HIV-1-infected pregnant women: Effects on maternal anthropometry,
viral load, and early mother-to-child transmission.
Villamor E, Aboud S, Koulinska IN,

Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 Feb 1;
Abstract

Zinc nutrition and HIV infection.
Kupka R, Fawzi W.
Nutr Rev
2002 Mar;60(3):69-79

Abstract


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