title: Risk Factors for Measles in HIV-infected Children and Adolescents in Botswana.
abstract: We conducted a matched case-control study of 566 HIV-infected children in Botswana during a 2009-2010 measles outbreak to identify the risk factors for measles. Children in the oldest age quartile (≥13.1 years) were 4-fold more likely to acquire measles than those in the youngest quartile (<7.1 years). HIV-infected older children and adolescents may benefit from additional measles vaccination.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; †Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana; ‡Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; §Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana; ¶Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; ‖University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; **Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana; ††Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas; and ‡‡Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Kathleen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.forename: Elizabeth R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Goldfarb
authors.forename: Ari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ho-Foster
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tolle
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacovides
authors.forename: Brianna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: Mamiki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chise
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Steenhoff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001902:Botswana / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors