Early exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of postnatal HIV-1 transmission and increases HIV-free survival

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 699-708

  Iliff, Peter J ^a   Piwoz, Ellen G ^b   Tavengwa, Naume V ^a   Zunguza, Clare D ^c   Marinda, Edmore T ^a   Nathoo, Kusum J ^d   Moulton, Lawrence H ^e   Ward, Brian J ^f   Humphrey, Jean H ^a,e  

^a ZVITAMBO Project   (Zimbabwe)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Harare City Health Department   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

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

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Exclusive; HIV; Postnatal transmission; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 17844386631     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000166093.16446.c9     Document Type: Article

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