Breast-feeding and HIV transmission: Epidemiologic studies and their limitations
| Autor: | Mary Glen Fowler, Sean F. Altekruse, Babgaleh B. Timbo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics education.field_of_study Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Transmission (medicine) Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Population Breastfeeding virus diseases medicine.disease Endocrinology Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Epidemiology Immunology medicine Transmission risks and rates skin and connective tissue diseases business education Breast feeding Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Nutrition Research. 16:759-768 |
| ISSN: | 0271-5317 |
| Popis: | Postnatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from an HIV-infected mother to child has been attributed mostly to breast-feeding. However, the mechanism and timing of HIV transmission via breast-feeding and the risk factors for that mode of transmission are not well defined. A series of case reports and cohort studies have provided useful but incomplete information on the transmission of HIV through breast-feeding. Various studies have yielded risk estimates of 15–40%. The stage of the HIV infection in the mother and the immunologic constituents of the breast milk have been suggested as important determinants of HIV transmission through breast-feeding. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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