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• TITLE: The Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infection on Low Birth Weight, Mother to Child HIV Transmission and Infants’ Death in African Area

  AUTHORS: Traoré Youssouf, Téguété Ibrahima, Dicko Fatoumata Traoré, Bocoum Amadou, Fané Seydou, Traoré Tidiani, Traoré Mamadou Salia, Dao Seydou, Touré Moustapha, Varol Nesrin, Dolo Amadou

  KEYWORDS: Low Birth Weight, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Infection, Mother to Child Transmission, Newborn Death, Mali

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.9 No.2, February 2, 2019

  ABSTRACT: Background: It is yet a controversy subject whether low birth weight and infant death are associated to human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection. Objective: To appreciate association between low birth weights, mother to child HIV transmission and infant mortality in HIV-1 infected pregnant women delivering between 2011 and 2016. Materials: We conducted 6 years cohort study in urban Mali. Outcome included preterm delivery, small for gestational age, infant survival status and HIV transmission. Comparison concerned women clinical WHO stage, mother viro-immunological status, and newborn anthropometric parameters. Results: HIV-1 infected women who delivered low birth weight newborn were 20.9% (111/531) versus 16.5% (1910/11.546) in HIV negative patients (p = 0.016). CD4 T cell counts low than 350 T cells count were strongly associated to LBW (p = 0.000; RR = 3.03; 95% CI [1.89 - 3.16]). There is no significant association between ART that was initiated during pregnancy (p = 0.061, RR = 0.02; CI 95% (1.02 - 1.99)) or during delivery (p = 0.571; RR = 1.01; CI 95% (0.10 - 3.02)) and LBW delivery. In multivariate analysis ART regimens containing protease inhibitor (PI) were lone regimens associated with LBW ((p = 0.030; RR = 1.001; 95% confidence interval [1.28 - 3.80]). Very low birth weight was statistically associated to women HIV infection (adjusted relative risk, 2.02; p = 0.000; 95% confidence interval (2.17 - 4.10)). There is no significant difference between mother to child HIV transmission rate in the two HIV-infected pregnant women (10 infected children in group 2: MTCT rate 4.5%) and 3 infected children in group 1 (MTCT rate: 2.7%) (p = 0.56; RR, 0.59; CI 95% (0.18 - 4.39)). In multivariate analysis, LBW was associated with infant death (p = 0.001; RR = 2.04; CI 95% [1.04 - 5.05]). The median weight of infant at the moment of death in group 1 was 851 g (IQR: 520 - 1833 g). Significant relationship was found between infant death among LBW newborn with mother WHO stage 2 (p = 0.004; adjusted RR = 3.22; CI 95% [2.25 - 6.00]), CD4 T cells count 3 (p = 0.005; RR = 2.81; CI 95% [1.20 - 4.11]), PI regimens (p = 0.030; RR = 1.00; CI 95% [1.28 - 3.80]). Conclusion: We confirm increased risk of low birth weight and mother HIV-1 infection and we identified strongest association between mortality in infant born to HIV-1 infected mother and LBW.