Botswana Pediatric Respiratory Disease and Bloodstream Infection Study

President and Fellows of Harvard College

Status: Completed

Conditions: Respiratory Tract Diseases; HIV Infections; Sepsis

Treatments: Procedure: blood draws, etc.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00197691

HSC 10027/000BOTS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to learn about lower respiratory tract and bloodstream diseases among infants born to HIV positive mothers in Botswana. Study factors include how commonly infants get these diseases, the causes, and outcomes. The study will also try to measure the protective effect, if any, of breast feeding on respiratory disease illness and deaths.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participation in parent study, "Mashi" HIV vertical transmission prevention study for pregnant Botswana women and their infants