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Volume 359:1845-1848 October 23, 2008 Number 17
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Antiretroviral Prophylaxis to Reduce Breast-Milk HIV-1 Transmission

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To the Editor: As professionals working in a resource-limited country to prevent the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from mother to child and to promote child survival and the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), we read with interest the articles about abrupt weaning and prophylaxis regimens in infants by Kuhn et al. and Kumwenda et al. (July 10 issue).1,2 Harm-reduction alternatives for HIV-infected mothers who breast-feed are essential. However, in the study by Kuhn et al., the risk of mother-to-child transmission or death among breast-fed infants, whether they were abruptly weaned or not, was more than . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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