TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast-feeding, mastitis, and HIV transmission
T2 - Nutritional implications
AU - Semba, Richard D.
AU - Neville, Margaret C.
PY - 1999/5
Y1 - 1999/5
N2 - In many developing countries, transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from mother to infant occurs through breast-feeding. Mastitis, an inflammatory process in the breast, may be common in lactating women in Africa and is associated with both higher HIV load in breast milk and mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Antioxidant micronutrient deficiencies may increase the risk of mastitis. Whether prevention, early diagnosis, and prompt treatment of mastitis will help reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in breast-feeding women needs further study.
AB - In many developing countries, transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from mother to infant occurs through breast-feeding. Mastitis, an inflammatory process in the breast, may be common in lactating women in Africa and is associated with both higher HIV load in breast milk and mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Antioxidant micronutrient deficiencies may increase the risk of mastitis. Whether prevention, early diagnosis, and prompt treatment of mastitis will help reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in breast-feeding women needs further study.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb01795.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb01795.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10391017
AN - SCOPUS:0033026705
SN - 0029-6643
VL - 57
SP - 146
EP - 153
JO - Nutrition reviews
JF - Nutrition reviews
IS - 5 I
ER -