Infant feeding and HIV

Recent studies on antiretroviral prophylaxis during breastfeeding show that maternal HAART (alone or with 1,4 or 24 weeks infant prophylaxis) or infant prophylaxis alone (with limited maternal prophylaxis) for 6, 14 or 24 weeks reduces HIV transmission through breastmilk (postnatal transmission). M...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ameena Ebrahim Goga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2009-12-01
Series:Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Online Access:https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/258