MedTrace Logo

Botswana Diarrheal Diseases Study

NCT00197652 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1350

Last updated 2011-10-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goals of this study are to:

1. determine the diarrheal rates, morbidity, mortality, and pathogens present among breast-fed infants born to HIV-infected mothers.

* analysis by HIV status of infants, method of feeding, HIV viral loads / CD4 counts of infected mothers.
* comparison to rates among infants born to HIV uninfected mothers.
2. link analysis of the functional quality of immunoglobulins in the breast milk of HIV-infected and uninfected mothers.

Conditions

  • HIV Infections

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Botswana Ministry of Health

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roger Shapiro, MD · Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-03-31
Primary Completion
2003-10-31
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • Botswana

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00197652 on ClinicalTrials.gov