Breast-feeding and HIV-1 transmission - How risky for how long?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-3

  John Stewart, Grace C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; EDITORIAL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALAWI; MASTITIS; PARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 34250819470     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518516     Document Type: Editorial

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