Breast-milk infectivity in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected mothers.
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Date
2003-03Author
Richardson, BA
John-Stewart, GC
Hughes, JP
Nduati, RW
Mbori-Ngacha, DA
Overbaugh, J
Kreiss, JK
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ArticleLanguage
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is transmitted through blood, genital secretions, and breast milk. The probability of heterosexual transmission of HIV-1 per sex act is.0003-.0015, but little is known regarding the risk of transmission per breast-milk exposure. We evaluated the probability of breast-milk transmission of HIV-1 per liter of breast milk ingested and per day of breast-feeding in a study of children born to HIV-1-infected mothers. The probability of breast-milk transmission of HIV-1 was.00064 per liter ingested and.00028 per day of breast-feeding. Breast-milk infectivity was significantly higher for mothers with more-advanced disease, as measured by prenatal HIV-1 RNA plasma levels and CD4 cell counts. The probability of HIV-1 infection per liter of breast milk ingested by an infant is similar in magnitude to the probability of heterosexual transmission of HIV-1 per unprotected sex act in adults.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12599046http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/30416
Citation
J Infect Dis. 2003 Mar 1;187(5):736-40. Epub 2003 Feb 12.Publisher
University of Nairobi. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya
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