Growth Patterns of HIV-Exposed and -Unexposed Infants in African Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Perpetua Modjadji, Kabelo Mokgalaboni, Wendy N Phoswa, Tebogo Maria Mothiba, Sogolo L Lebelo

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

Characterizing immune activation in HIV-exposed but uninfected infants in the first year of life.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Perpetua ModjadjiNon-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8339-9875

Kabelo MokgalaboniDepartment of Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Florida Campus, Johannesburg 1709, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3224-7433

Wendy N PhoswaDepartment of Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Florida Campus, Johannesburg 1709, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-7769-4528

Tebogo Maria MothibaFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Polokwane 0700, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8577-9126

Sogolo L LebeloDepartment of Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Florida Campus, Johannesburg 1709, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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African studiesantiretroviral therapygrowth patternsHIV-exposed infantsHIV-unexposed infantsprevention of mother-to-child transmission

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PMID40426803

DOI10.3390/children12050624

PMCPMC12110401

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