dc.contributor.author | Lewis, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Nduati, RW | |
dc.contributor.author | Kreiss, JK | |
dc.contributor.author | John, GC | |
dc.contributor.author | Richardson, BA | |
dc.contributor.author | Mbori-Ngacha, DA | |
dc.contributor.author | Ndinya-Achola, JO | |
dc.contributor.author | Overbaugh, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-31T12:05:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-31T12:05:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
dc.identifier.citation | J Infect Dis. 1998 Jan;177(1):34-9 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9419167 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/28344 | |
dc.description.abstract | Breast-feeding may be an important route of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vertical transmission in settings where it is routinely practiced. To define the prevalence and quantity of HIV-1 in cell-free breast milk, samples from HIV-1-seropositive women were analyzed by quantitative competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (QC-RT-PCR). HIV-1 RNA was detected in 29 (39%) of 75 specimens tested. Of these 29 specimens, 16 (55%) had levels that were near the detection limit of the assay (240 copies/mL), while 6 (21%) had >900 copies/mL. The maximum concentration of HIV-1 RNA detected was 8100 copies/mL. The prevalence of cell-free HIV-1 was higher in mature milk (47%) than in colostrum (27% | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Cell-free human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in breast milk | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Faculty of medicine | en |