Reduced mortality associated with breast-feeding - Acquired HIV infection and breast-feeding among HIV-infected children in Zambia

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-96

  Fox, Matthew P ^a,f   Brooks, Daniel ^a   Kuhn, Louise ^b   Aldrovandi, Grace ^c   Sinkala, Moses ^d   Kankasa, Chipepo ^e   Mwiya, Mwiya ^e   Horsburgh, Robert ^a   Thea, Donald M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^d Lusaka District Health Management Team   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^f Center for International Health and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Breast feeding; HIV; Infant mortality; Mother tochild transmission; Pediatric HIV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; ZAMBIA;

BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; ZAMBIA;

EID: 42649087440     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31816e39a3     Document Type: Article

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