Transmission of HIV-1 through breastfeeding among women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 331-338

  Fawzi, Wafaie ^a   Msamanga, Gernard ^b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Renjifo, Boris ^a   Bang, Heejung ^a   Kapiga, Saidi ^a   Coley, Jenny ^a,b   Hertzmark, Ellen ^a   Essex, Max ^a   Hunter, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; HIV infection; Pregnancy; Tanzania.; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST LESION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIPPLE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEANING;

EID: 0036840188     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200211010-00010     Document Type: Article

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