Maternal milk IgA and mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: Not a silver spoon

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 591-593

  Kaul, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; MILK, HUMAN; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33750623522     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.08.024     Document Type: Editorial

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