Association of HIV status with infections complicating abortion in Botswana
Women with HIV (WWH) were found to have an increased risk of abortion-related infection relative to women without HIV (WWoH) and those without HIV status documented. This relationship persisted even after accounting for factors such as mechanical injury on pelvic examination, a marker of the least safe methods of self-induction. Whether this complication in WWH is because of immunocompromise or behavioral characteristics requires additional investigation.
Authors
- Billy Tsima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-7198)
- Warren B. Bilker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2704-7525)
- Bogadi Loabile
- Robert Gross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6066-1159)
- Merrian J. Brooks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2607-6524)
- Chelsea Morroni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2026-6039)
- Ngwao Ngwako
- Thabo Moloi
- Khumo Khunou
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Botswana (BW)
- Office of Infectious Diseases (US)
- MRC Centre for Reproductive Health (GB)
- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BW)
- Center for Clinical Research (United States) (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AIDS
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0000000000004176
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00