TY - JOUR
T1 - Normal Thymic Size and Low Rate of Infections in Human Donor Milk Fed HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants from Birth to 18 Months of Age
AU - Jeppesen, Dorthe Lisbeth
AU - Ersbøll, Annette Kjær
AU - Hoppe, Tine Ursula
AU - Nielsen, Susanne Dam
AU - Valerius, Niels Henrik
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Objective. To evaluate the immune function in HIV-exposed uninfected (HIV-EU) infants fed human donor milk. Methods. Ultrasound-obtained thymic index (Ti), T-lymphocyte subsets, and the number of infections were examined from birth to 18 months of age in 18 HIV-EU infants. The infants were compared to a cohort of 47 term, HIV-unexposed breastfed or formula-fed infants. Results. The thymic size at 12 months of age was not significantly different between the HIV-EU group and the control infants (P = 0.56). At 4 months of age, the HIV-EU infants had significantly fewer infections than the control infants (P
AB - Objective. To evaluate the immune function in HIV-exposed uninfected (HIV-EU) infants fed human donor milk. Methods. Ultrasound-obtained thymic index (Ti), T-lymphocyte subsets, and the number of infections were examined from birth to 18 months of age in 18 HIV-EU infants. The infants were compared to a cohort of 47 term, HIV-unexposed breastfed or formula-fed infants. Results. The thymic size at 12 months of age was not significantly different between the HIV-EU group and the control infants (P = 0.56). At 4 months of age, the HIV-EU infants had significantly fewer infections than the control infants (P
U2 - 10.1155/2013/373790
DO - 10.1155/2013/373790
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23737805
SN - 1687-9740
VL - 2013
SP - 373790
JO - International Journal of Pediatrics
JF - International Journal of Pediatrics
ER -