Factors associated with HIV infection among children in Larkana District, Pakistan: a matched case-control study

In April, 2019, an HIV outbreak predominantly affecting children occurred in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. By December, 2019, 881 (4·0%) of 21 962 children screened for HIV had tested positive. We aimed to assess factors associated with HIV infection in this outbreak.In this individually matched case-control study, we sampled 406 cases (individuals aged <16 years who had registered for paediatric HIV care at the HIV Treatment Centre at...