New study uncovers why boys born to mothers with HIV are at greater risk of health problems and death in infancy

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Source: National Cancer Institute

Researchers have found that children of women with HIV infection have an increased risk of immune abnormalities following exposure to maternal HIV viraemia, immune dysfunction, and co-infections during pregnancy. 

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