To print: Select File and then Print from your browser's menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Research Reveals Frequency Of HIV Transmission URL: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/AA9BA.htm Doctor's Guide August 21, 1998
LONDON, ENGLAND -- Aug. 21, 1998 -- HIV-1 infection can be transmitted to babies through breastfeeding. In this week's issue of The Lancet, Dr. Valériane Leroy and colleagues report on the frequency of such infection in developed and developing countries. The investigators followed up children enrolled into studies in Europe, the United States, Rwanda, Kenya and the Ivory Coast. All children were uninfected at 2.5 months of age. Of children in the developed countries, less than five percent overall were breastfed and no children were infected with HIV-1. In the developing countries, however, in which breastfeeding is the norm, HIV-1 infection occurred in about five percent of all children. The investigators calculated that if breastfeeding had stopped at age four months, transmission would have occurred in no infants and in three of 902 if it had stopped at six months. This finding has important implications for public-health strategies in developing countries. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 1999 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of P\S\L content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of P\S\L. P\S\L shall not be liable for any errors, omissions or delays in this content or any other content on its sites, newsletters or other publications, nor for any decisions or actions taken in reliance on such content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This news story was printed from *Doctor's Guide to the Internet* located at http://www.docguide.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to News Story Page This site is maintained by webmaster@pslgroup.com Please contact us with any comments, problems or bugs. All contents Copyright (c) 1998 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved.