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 Selenium
 Zinc


 
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Last Update:  February 28, 2015
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General Reports
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Supplementation With Multivitamins and Vitamin A and Incidence of Malaria Among HIV-Infected Tanzanian Women.
Olofin IO, Spiegelman D, Aboud S,  et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Dec 1;67 Suppl 4:S173-8.
Paper

Executive summary--Nutritional Care of HIV-Infected Adolescents and Adults, including Pregnant and Lactating Women: What Do We Know, What Can We Do, and Where Do We Go from Here?
 Raiten DJ, Mulligan K, Papathakis P, Wanke C.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Dec;94(6):1667S-76S
 Abstract

Nutritional indicators of adverse pregnancy outcomes and mother-to-child transmission
of HIV among HIV-infected women.
Mehta S, Manji KP, Young AM, et al  
Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jun;87(6):1639-49.
 Abstract
Wasting
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Wasting During Pregnancy Increases the Risk of Mother-to-Child HIV-1 Transmission.
Villamor E, Saathoff E, Msamanga G, O'brien ME, et al  
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Apr 15;38(5):622-626.
 Abstract
Nutrition and Intra-Uterine Development
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  An analysis of intra-uterine growth retardation in rural Malawi.
Verhoeff FH, Brabin BJ, van Buuren S,et al..
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2001 Aug;55(8):682-9.
Abstract
Vitamin Studies: General
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
Vitamin a and carotenoids during pregnancy and maternal, neonatal and infant health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Thorne-Lyman AL, Fawzi WW.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2012 Jul;26 Suppl 1:36-54
 Abstract

Vitamin Supplementation Increases Risk of Subclinical Mastitis in HIV-Infected Women.
Arsenault JE, Aboud S, Manji KP, et al
J Nutr. 2010 Aug 25
 Abstract
 
Effect of vitamin supplements on HIV shedding in breast milk.
 Villamor E, Koulinska IN, Aboud S, et al
Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Aug 25
 Abstract

Lipid-soluble vitamins A, D, and E in HIV-infected pregnant women in Tanzania.
 Mehta S, Spiegelman D, Aboud S, et al
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2010 Jun
Abstract

Sex differences in the effects of maternal vitamin supplements on mortality and morbidity
among children born to HIV-infected women in Tanzania.
 Kawai K, Msamanga G, Manji K,  et al  
Br J Nutr. 2010 Jun;103(12):1784-91
 Abstract

Maternal and child nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and interventions.
 Lartey A .
Proc Nutr Soc. 2008 Feb;67(1):105-8
 Abstract
 
Effect of Maternal Multivitamin Supplementation on the Mental and Psychomotor Development
of Children Who Are Born to HIV-1-Infected Mothers in Tanzania.
McGrath N, Bellinger D, Robins J, et al
Pediatrics. 2006 Feb;117(2):e216-e225.
 Abstract
 
Multivitamin Supplementation of HIV-Positive Women during Pregnancy Reduces Hypertension.
 Merchant AT, Msamanga G, Villamor E, et al
J Nutr. 2005 Jul;135(7):1776-81
 Abstract
 
Effect of vitamin supplementation to HIV-infected pregnant women on the micronutrient
status of their infants.
Baylin A, Villamor E, Rifai N, Msamanga G, Fawzi WW.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jun 15;
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Vitamin supplementation for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and pre-term
delivery: a systematic review of RCTs including more than 2800 women.
Mills EJ, Wu P, Seely D, Guyatt GH.
AIDS Res Ther. 2005 May 6;2(1):4
Paper

Vitamin supplementation of HIV-infected women improves postnatal child growth.
Villamor E, Saathoff E, Bosch RJ, et al  
Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Apr;81(4):880-8.
Abstract

Micronutrient Studies
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Micronutrient supplementation in pregnant women with HIV infection.
 Siegfried N, Irlam JH, Visser ME, Rollins NN.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Mar 14;3:CD009755.
 Abstract

Micronutrient status during lactation in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African women
during the first 6 mo after delivery.
 Papathakis PC, Rollins NC, Chantry CJ, et al
Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Jan;85(1):182-92.
 Abstract


Micronutrients and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the context of HIV infection.
Fawzi W, Msamanga G.
Nutr Rev. 2004 Jul;62(7 Pt 1):269-75.
Abstract
Selenium  
   

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Plasma and breast-milk selenium in HIV-infected Malawian mothers are positively associated with infant selenium status but are not associated with maternal supplementation: results of the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition study.
 Flax VL, Bentley ME, Combs GF Jr,  et al
Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Feb 5.
 Abstract

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of selenium supplements among HIV-infected
pregnant women in Tanzania: effects on maternal and child outcomes.
Kupka R, Mugusi F, Aboud S, et al  
Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jun;87(6):1802-8.
 Abstract
 
Selenium status is associated with accelerated HIV disease progression among HIV-1-
infected pregnant women in Tanzania.
Kupka R, Msamanga GI, Spiegelman D, et al 
J Nutr. 2004 Oct;134(10):2556-60.
Abstract

Micronutrients and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the context of HIV infection.
Fawzi W, Msamanga G.
Nutr Rev. 2004 Jul;62(7 Pt 1):269-75.
Abstract
Vitamin A Studies/Strategies
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries   

 
Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy for maternal and newborn outcomes.
 van den Broek N, Dou L, Othman M,  et al
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Nov 10;11:CD008666
 Abstract

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of prenatal and postnatal vitamin A supplementation of
HIV-infected women.
 EJ, Wiysonge CS, Shey MS.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2008 Oct 14
 Abstract
 
Mortality and Morbidity Among Postpartum HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Women in Zimbabwe:
Risk Factors, Causes, and Impact of Single-Dose Postpartum Vitamin A Supplementation.
Zvandasara P, Hargrove JW, Ntozini R, et al 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Jul 31;
 Abstract
 
Effects of a Single Large Dose of Vitamin A, Given during the Postpartum Period to HIV-Positive
Women and Their Infants, on Child HIV Infection, HIV-Free Survival, and Mortality.
Humphrey JH, Iliff PJ, Marinda ET, et al
J Infect Dis. 2006 Mar 15;193(6):860-71.
 Abstract

Effect of providing vitamin supplements to human immunodeficiency virus-infected, lactating
mothers on the child's morbidity and CD4+ cell counts.
Fawzi WW, Msamanga GI, Wei R, et al.
Clin Infect Dis 2003 Apr 15;36(8):1053-62
 Abstract

Effect of multivitamin and vitamin A supplements on weight gain during pregnancy among
HIV-1-infected women.
Villamor E, Msamanga G, Spiegelman D, et al.
Am J Clin Nutr 2002 Nov;76(5):1082-90
 Abstract

Vitamin A Supplementation and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Shedding in
Women: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
 Baeten JM, McClelland RS, Overbaugh J, et al.
J Infect Dis 2002 Apr 15;185(8):1187-1191   
Abstract

Relation of vitamin A and carotenoid status to growth failure and mortality among
ugandan infants with human immunodeficiency virus.
Melikian G, Mmiro F, Ndugwa C, et al.
Nutrition 2001 Jul;17(7-8):567-572
Abstract

 Vitamin A deficiency and other nutritional indices during  pregnancy in human
 immunodeficiency virus infection :prevalence, clinical correlates, and outcome. Women
and Infants Transmission Study Group.
Burns DN, FitzGerald G, Semba R, et al.
Clin Infect Dis 1999 Aug;29(2):328-334
 Abstract

 
Vitamin D Studies/Strategies
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries   

  High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Pregnant Women.
 Eckard AR, Leong T, Avery A, Castillo MD, et al
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013 May 16.
 Abstract
Zinc Studies/Strategies
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Zinc supplementation to HIV-1-infected pregnant women: Effects on maternal anthropometry,
viral load, and early mother-to-child transmission.
Villamor E, Aboud S, Koulinska IN,
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 Feb 1;
 Abstract

Zinc nutrition and HIV infection.
 Kupka R, Fawzi W.
Nutr Rev 2002 Mar;60(3):69-79
 Abstract

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