Risk Factors for Measles in HIV-infected Children and Adolescents in Botswana. Issue 10 (October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wirth, Kathleen E.; Wolf, Elizabeth R.; Goldfarb, David M.; Ho-Foster, Ari; Tolle, Michael; Jacovides, Christina; Kirk, Brianna; Chise, Mamiki; Steenhoff, Andrew P.
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 34:Issue 10(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-10
• Subjects: measles -- koplik -- HIV -- vaccination; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000816
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

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.