Vitamin A, mastitis, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 through breast-feeding: Current information and gaps in knowledge

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 332-346

  Dorosko, Stephanie M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Breast feeding; HIV; Mastitis; Milk; Mother to child transmission; MTCT; Retinoid; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; PALM OIL; PLACEBO; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; SUNFLOWER OIL; VIRUS DNA;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MASTITIS; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASTITIS; MILK, HUMAN; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HELIANTHUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 26944476958     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2005.oct.332-346     Document Type: Review

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