A review of evidence for transmission of HIV from children to breastfeeding women and implications for prevention

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 938-942

  Little, Kristen M ^a   Kilmarx, Peter H ^a   Taylor, Allan W ^a   Rose, Charles E ^a   Rivadeneira, Emilia D ^b   Nesheim, Steven R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; HIV; perinatal; transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD TO BREASTFEEDING WOMAN TRANSMISSION; CITATION ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BREAST FEEDING; CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; LIBYA; MOTHERS;

EID: 84865526533     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318261130f     Document Type: Article

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