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Trial reportPloS one2020

Decreased diarrheal and respiratory disease in HIV exposed uninfected children following vaccination with rotavirus and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.

Gbolahan Ajibola, Kara Bennett, Kathleen M Powis, Michael D Hughes, Jean Leidner, Samuel Kgole, Oganne Batlang, Mompati Mmalane, Joseph Makhema, Shahin Lockman and 1 more

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Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gbolahan AjibolaBotswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.ORCID 0000-0002-5408-4823
Kara BennettBennett Statistical Consulting, Inc, Ballston Lake, NY, United States of America.
Kathleen M PowisBotswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
Michael D HughesDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Jean LeidnerGoodtables Data Consulting, LLC, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America.
Samuel KgoleBotswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.ORCID 0000-0001-7078-9041
Oganne BatlangBotswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
Mompati MmalaneBotswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
Joseph MakhemaBotswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
Shahin LockmanDivision of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Roger ShapiroDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership · BWHarvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Short Breastfeeding and Cotrimoxazole among HIV-Exposed Infants in BotswanaR01HD061265 · NICHD · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI LOCKMAN, SHAHIN, SHAPIRO, ROGER L · 2010 to 2015
$4.5M
Mentoring in Patient-Oriented HIV Research in the Era of Universal ARTK24AI131928 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHAHIN LOCKMAN · 2017 to 2026
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI131928NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD061265
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRotavirus vaccine (RV) and pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) decrease diarrheal and respiratory disease incidence and severity, but there are few data about the effects of these vaccines among HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) children.

methodsWe recorded RV and PCV vaccination history in a placebo-controlled trial that studied the need for cotrimoxazole among HEU infants in Botswana (the Mpepu Study). We categorized infants by enrollment before or after the simultaneous April 2012 introduction of RV and PCV, and compared diagnoses of diarrhea and pneumonia (grade 3/4), hospitalizations, and deaths from both disease conditions through the 12-month study visit by vaccine era/status across two sites (a city and a village) by Kaplan-Meier estimates.

resultsTwo thousand six hundred and thirty-five HEU infants were included in this secondary analysis, of these 1689 (64%) were enrolled in Gaborone (344 pre-vaccine, 1345 vaccine) and 946 (36%) in Molepolole (209 pre-vaccine, 737 vaccine). We observed substantial reduction in hazard of hospitalization or death for reason of diarrhea and pneumonia in the vaccine era versus the pre-vaccine era in Molepolole (hazard ratio, HR = 0.44, 95% confidence interval, CI = 0.28, 0.71) with smaller reduction in Gaborone (HR = 0.91, 95% CI = 0.57, 1.45). Similar downward trends were observed for diagnoses of diarrhea and pneumonia separately during the vaccine versus pre-vaccine era.

conclusionsAlthough temporal confounding cannot be excluded, significant declines in the burden of diarrheal and respiratory illness were observed among HEU children in Botswana following the introduction of RV and PCV. RV and PCV may maximally benefit HEU children in rural areas with higher disease burden.

Indexed as

BotswanaChildChild, PreschoolDiarrheaFemaleHIV InfectionsHospitalizationHumansInfantPneumococcal VaccinesPneumonia, PneumococcalPneumonia, ViralRotavirus VaccinesVaccines, ConjugatePneumococcal VaccinesRotavirus VaccinesVaccines, Conjugate

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PMID33347474
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