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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Load in Breast Milk, Mastitis, and Mother‐to‐Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

Authors :
Donald R. Hoover
Robin L. Broadhead
Taha E. Taha
Paolo G. Miotti
Len van der Hoeven
Lori J. Sokoll
Richard D. Semba
John D. Chiphangwi
Newton Kumwenda
Laban A.R. Mtimavalye
Robert J. Biggar
Thomas C. Quinn
Source :
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 180:93-98
Publication Year :
1999
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 1999.

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 load in breast milk and mastitis were examined as risk factors for vertical transmission of HIV-1. Six weeks after delivery, HIV-1 load and sodium (an indicator of mastitis) were measured in breast milk from 334 HIV-1-infected women in Malawi. Median breast milk HIV-1 load was 700 copies/mL among women with HIV-1-infected infants versus undetectable (

Details

ISSN :
15376613 and 00221899
Volume :
180
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....15ece76a58a3536b6310f2fb2d592b92