Growth of children according to maternal and child HIV, immunological and disease characteristics: a prospective cohort study in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Abstract

The HIV-infected children in Congo with no access to antiretroviral therapy were stunted, underweight, and wasted compared to same age uninfected children. Both HIV infection and HIV-associated signs and symptoms, not maternal immunological or socioeconomic circumstances, placed children at risk for growth retardation.