New hope for 25% of the world’s HIV-exposed but uninfected children

Fresh study hopes to determine why these SA youngsters have poorer health outcomes than their unexposed peers

06 April 2021 - 20:12 By sipokazi fokazi

For years it’s been a mystery to clinicians why children born to HIV-positive mothers escape infection, but still have poorer health outcomes than babies born to HIV-negative women. But a new study by local and US researchers in the Western Cape may soon provide answers...

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