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1. Breastfeeding plus infant Zidovudine Prophylaxis for 6 months versus formula feeding plus infant Zidovudine for 1 month to reduce mother-to-child HIV

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Thior, Ibou, Lockman, Shahin, Smeaton, Laura M., Shapiro, Roger L., Wester, Carolyn, Heymann, S. Jody, Gilbert, Peter B., Stevens, Lisa, Peter, Trevor, Kim, Soyeon, Widenfelt, Erik van, Moffat, Claire, Ndase, Patrick, Arimi, Peter, Kebaabetswe, Poloko, Mazonde, Patson, Makhema, Joseph, McIntosh, Kenneth, Novitsky, Vladimir, Tun-Hou, Lee, Marlink, Richard, Lagakos, Stephen, and Essex, Max

Subjects
HIV infection -- Prevention, Infants -- Health aspects, Breast feeding -- Health aspects, Zidovudine -- Dosage and administration
Abstract

The efficacy and safety of 2 infant feeding strategies for the prevention of postnatal mother-to-child HIV transmission is compared. It is observed that the formula feeding infants had a higher risk of early mortality and breast feeding infants had a higher risk of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.

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2006

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