HIV-1 concentrations in human breast milk before and after weaning

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 181, 2013, Pages

  Kuhn, Louise ^a   Kim, Hae Young ^a   Walter, Jan ^b   Thea, Donald M ^c   Sinkala, Moses ^d   Mwiya, Mwiya ^e   Kankasa, Chipepo ^e   Decker, Don ^b   Aldrovandi, Grace M ^b  

^a Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Lusaka District Health Management Team   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL BREAST PUMP; MILK PRODUCTION; NONEXCLUSIVE BREAST FEEDING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEANING;

BREAST; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MILK, HUMAN; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; WEANING; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84877778240     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3005113     Document Type: Article

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