Human breast milk: is it the best milk to prevent HIV transmission?

A significant proportion of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV still occurs during breastfeeding in settings where replacement feeding is unsafe and impractical. However, very few babies born to HIV-infected women and breastfed during the first 6 months of life become infected postnatally. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paolo Palma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Virus Eradication
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2055664020304684