The Claim
Approximately 9.3% of HIV-exposed uninfected infants experience at least one serious infection requiring hospitalization or resulting in death during their first year of life, with bacterial infections accounting for about 23% (159 out of 699) of these serious infections, indicating a significant burden of infectious morbidity in this population.
What the research says
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Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
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About 9 out of every 100 babies born to mothers with HIV—who don’t get infected themselves—still get very sick from infections in their first year, and nearly a quarter of those serious infections are caused by bacteria.
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Approximately 9.3% of HIV-exposed uninfected infants experience at least one serious infection (requiring hospitalization or resulting in death) during the first year of life, with bacterial infections accounting for about 23% of these cases (159 out of 699 total serious infections), highlighting the substantial burden of infectious morbidity in this population.
What the research says
1 studyThe study looked at how often HIV-exposed but uninfected babies get very sick in their first year, and found exactly what the claim says: about 9.3% had serious infections, and bacterial infections made up about 23% of those cases.
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