HIV transmission through breastfeeding: A study in Malawi

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 744-749

  Miotti, Paolo G ^a,d,e   Taha, Taha E T ^a   Kumwenda, Newton I ^a   Broadhead, Robert ^b   Mtimavalye, Laban A R ^b   Van Der Hoeven, Len ^a   Chiphangwi, John D ^b   Liomba, George ^b   Biggar, Robert J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e MSC 7626   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033603802     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.8.744     Document Type: Article

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