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L Guay

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PubMed1999

Neurodevelopmental outcomes of Ugandan infants with HIV infection: an application of growth curve analysis.

Neurodevelopmental outcomes of human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 (HIV-1)-infected infants of non-drug-using mothers were assessed in a controlled, prospective study from birth to 24 months with 3 groups: 61 infants of HIV-infected mothers, 234 uninfected infants of HIV-infected mothers (seroreverters), and 115 uninfected infants of uninfected mothers. Compared with seroreverters and uninfected infants, HIV-infected infants demonstrated lower mental and motor development on the Bayley Scales and greater deceleration in their rate of motor development. HIV-infected infants with abnormal neurologic exams had lower motor and mental test scores and lower rates of motor Bayley Scales scores than their HIV-infected counterparts with normal neurologic exams. Contrary to prediction, no group differences in mean performance or growth rates were found on visual information processing on the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence.

AIDS Dementia Complex↗
PubMed1999

Human immunodeficiency virus status and delayed-type hypersensitivity skin testing in Ugandan children.

BACKGROUND: In previous studies, delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) skin testing has been shown to be affected by several factors including nutritional status, intercurrent infection, host immune status, and previous exposure to the antigen being used. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) status on DTH skin testing in a cohort of HIV-1-infected and noninfected Ugandan children followed prospectively from birth. DESIGN: Nested case-control study. SETTING: Primary care clinic serving study participants at Mulago Hospital, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty HIV-1-infected children and 30 age-matched, HIV-1-noninfected children. METHODS: After completion of history and physical, each child underwent Mantoux skin testing with both Candida and purified protein derivative (PPD). Results of skin testing were read in 48 to 72 hours. Complete chart reviews were performed on all children. CD4 lymphocyte counts were obtained on all HIV-1-infected children at the time the skin testing was read. RESULTS: The average age of participants was 67 months (range, 51-92 months). HIV-1-infected children (mean CD4 lymphocyte count, 1069 mL-1; range, 86-3378 mL-1), compared with noninfected, age-matched peers, developed significantly smaller PPD reaction size (mean, 1.18 mm +/- 4.3 vs 3.6 mm +/- 7.6, respectively). Candida responses were not different between the two groups of children. Among HIV-1-infected children, there was a larger Candida reaction size in children who had recently received chloroquine treatment. There was no significant correlation between Candida reactivity and PPD reactivity, progressive HIV-1 disease, or CD4 lymphocyte count. The six children diagnosed clinically with active tuberculosis had lower absolute CD4 lymphocyte counts than children without tuberculosis. Lack of reaction to PPD was associated with lower CD4 lymphocyte counts and progressive HIV-1 disease. CONCLUSIONS: In HIV-1-infected Ugandan children, DTH skin testing was influenced by the choice of antigen selected, HIV-1 infection, and recent treatment with chloroquine. Based on these findings, we believe that further prospective, longitudinal investigation into the role of chloroquine in HIV-1-infected children is needed. We emphasize the limitations of DTH skin testing in HIV-infected children as an adjunct in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis.

Antigens, Fungal↗
PubMed1997

Neurodevelopmental outcomes of Ugandan infants with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.

BACKGROUND: The neurodevelopmental outcomes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected Ugandan infants of nondrug-using mothers were studied using controlled, prospective methodology. METHOD: The sample of 436 full-term infants included 79 HIV-infected infants of HIV-1-infected mothers, 241 uninfected infants of HIV-1-infected mothers (seroreverters), and 116 uninfected infants born to HIV-negative mothers. Neurologic status, information processing ability, and motor and mental development were assessed from 6 to 24 months of age. Observations of caretaker-child interaction and home environments were made at 6 and 12 months. All evaluators were blinded to the HIV status of the child and family. RESULTS: Compared with seroreverters and uninfected infants, HIV-infected infants demonstrated greater deficits in motor development and neurologic status, and more frequent and earlier onset of motor and neurologic abnormalities. Compared with controls, HIV-infected infants had more abnormalities in mental development at 6 and 18 months and an earlier onset of abnormalities. By 12 months, 30% of HIV-infected infants demonstrated motor abnormalities and 26% cognitive abnormalities as compared with 11% and 6% among seroreverters and 5% and 6% among seronegative infants. HIV-infected infants (62%) demonstrated a higher probability of developing an abnormal neurologic examination by 12 months, compared with seroreverters (17%) or seronegative infants (15%). Information-processing abilities did not differ as a function of HIV infection. Home environments and infants' interactions with caretakers were similar across groups. CONCLUSION: We conclude that HIV infection results in more frequent and earlier abnormalities in infants' neurologic status and motor development that are not attributable to other biological and environmental risk factors. More frequent mental developmental abnormalities were evident at several ages. However, information-processing abilities, such as recognition memory, may be spared from HIV-related deficits.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1993

Beta 2-microglobulin, HIV-1 p24 antibody and acid-dissociated HIV-1 p24 antigen levels: predictive markers for vertical transmission of HIV-1 in pregnant Ugandan women.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical utility of plasma beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2M) levels, acid-dissociated HIV-1 p24 antigen, and HIV-1 p24-antibody titers in predicting HIV-1 vertical transmission in 227 HIV-1-infected Ugandan pregnant women. DESIGN: Plasma beta 2M levels, acid-dissociated HIV-1 p24-antigen positivity, and HIV-1 p24-antibody titers were determined using commercial enzyme immunoassays (EIA) in a Ugandan cohort of 52 HIV-1-seropositive transmitting mothers, 175 HIV-1-seropositive non-transmitting mothers, and 52 seronegative mothers within 6 weeks prior to delivery. RESULTS: Transmitter mothers had significantly higher plasma concentrations of beta 2M (1.80 +/- 1.13 mg/l) than non-transmitter seropositive mothers (1.32 +/- 0.81 mg/l; P = 0.0013). Similarly, a significantly higher proportion of transmitter mothers had detectable p24 antigen than non-transmitter mothers [six out of 51 (11.8%) versus six out of 173 (3.5%); P = 0.03]. Compared with the vertical transmission rate of 23% in the seropositive group, the positive predictive values of a beta 2M level > 1.5 mg/l or detectable HIV-1 p24 antigen for vertical transmission were 34 and 50%, respectively. Five of six (83.3%) seropositive mothers with both a beta 2M level > 1.5 mg/l and detectable p24 antigenemia transmitted HIV-1 infection to their infants compared with 25 of 124 (20.2%) seropositive mothers with values below the cut-off values for both tests (P = 0.00249). However, beta 2M was not found to be a significant independent predictor of vertical transmission when analyzed in a multivariate model with p24 antigenemia. There was no significant difference in HIV-1 p24-antibody titers in transmitter mothers versus non-transmitter mothers (P = 0.299). CONCLUSION: beta 2M levels and acid-dissociated HIV-1 p24-antigen assays may be used to predict which HIV-1-infected pregnant women are at greatest risk for vertical transmission. However, only the p24-antigen test was independently predictive of vertical transmission and its clinical utility is limited.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Non-isotopic polymerase chain reaction methods for the detection of HIV-1 in Ugandan mothers and infants.

Two non-isotopic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods were evaluated by testing blood from 41 HIV-1-seropositive and 16 HIV-1-seronegative Ugandan mothers and 56 of their children (aged 0.5-15.0 months). Amplification of HIV-1 sequences was performed in duplicate using a biotinylated primer pair to the gag region (SK 462-431) and nested primer pairs (JA 17-20) to the pol region of HIV-1. gag sequences were hybridized using a microtiter plate coated with the SK 102 probe followed by colorimetric detection using an avidin-horseradish peroxidase conjugate and tetramethylbenzidine/peroxide substrate. pol sequences were detected on agarose gel stained with ethidium bromide. Results of HIV-1 PCR analysis showed that 40 out of 41 (98%) seropositive mothers and 10 out of 29 (34%) seropositive children had detectable HIV-1 gag and pol sequences. None of the 16 seronegative mothers nor 27 seronegative or Western blot-indeterminate children had detectable HIV-1 sequences. Our results suggest that non-isotopic PCR methods are sensitive, specific, and potentially useful in the early diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in developed and developing countries.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

[Poverty, mental health and survival strategies].

The relation between "poverty and mental health" has long been established. However, the dynamic underlying the relation between social and psychic processes has received much less attention. This article presents certain preliminary results of research whose aim is to promote the emergence of the multiple dimensions behind the problematic of mental health in social conditions characterized by extreme poverty. In addition, the authors base their approach on the assumption that human beings, even underprivileged, are very active players, and explore the strategies that are hereby developed in order to maintain or recover their equilibrium.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1982

[Nurses and death].

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Attitude to Death↗