High concentrations of interleukin 15 in breast milk are associated with protection against postnatal HIV transmission

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1498-1502

  Walter, Jan ^a,g   Ghosh, Mrinal K ^a   Kuhn, Louise ^b   Semrau, Katherine ^c   Sinkala, Moses ^d,f   Kankasa, Chipepo ^e   Thea, Donald M ^c   Aldrovandi, Grace M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^f Catholic Medical Mission Board   (Zambia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 8; RANTES; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIROLOGY; WEANING;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERLEUKIN-15; MILK, HUMAN; WEANING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449731193     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/644603     Document Type: Article

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