1. Acute HIV infection in first six months of life: case report
(Journal Club/HIV)

A case report of a 6 month old infant with a acute HIV infection probably acquired while breastfeeding during the primary infection in the mother. Symptoms: "Our patient's prolonged viral syndro

2. HIV and breastfeeding: Another swing of the pendulum?
(Journal Club/HIV)

...th in Botswana" (UPI), "Anti-HIV Strategy Backfires in Botswana (ScienceNow), "Benefits of Breast-Feeding Might Outweigh Risk of Vertical HIV Transmission in Developing Countries, Studi...

3. Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: timing and implications for prevention (review)
(Journal Club/HIV)

...ing of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. Because transmission of the infection to the infant through breastfeeding is one of the main challenges in fighting paediatric HIV/AIDS in the developing ...

4. Lancet feature issue on HIV/AIDS (2006)
(Journal Club/HIV)

...LE  SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (101 K) Vaccines to prevent transmission of HIV-1 via breastmilk: scientific and logistical priorities • REVIEW ARTICLE  SummaryPlus ...

5. Why should we build a hospital in Jos? 1956
(Evangel Information/History)

...ry concerned that the spiritual work should in no way be secondary to medical work but should keep fully abreast of the medical work. Train African Christians as hospital and dispensary attenda...

6. Breastfeeding vs formula, randomized trial shows no easy answers
(Journal Club/HIV)

...d to receive single-dose nevirapine or placebo. Infants were randomized to 6 months of breastfeeding plus prophylactic infant zidovudine (breastfed plus zidovudine), or for...

7. JAMA feature issue on HIV/AIDS
(Journal Club/HIV)

... Scale-up of Antiretroviral Therapy at Primary Care Sites in Zambia: Feasibility and Early Outcomes. Breastfeeding Plus Infant Zidovudine Prophylaxis for 6 Months vs Formula Feeding Plus Infant Z...

8. Current Issues in PMTCT -- a review (2006)
(Journal Club/HIV)

...on (MTCT). Without specific interventions, the rate of MTCT is approximately 15–20%, with prolonged breastfeeding doubling the rate to 35–40%. Current approaches to intervention to reduce ...

9. Viral load higher in breast milk after weaning
(Journal Club/HIV)

Mothers were randomized to abruptly stop breastfeeding at 20 weeks post-partum or to continue feeding. Viral loads were obtained at 22 weeks from pumped milk samples. There was higher viral load in th

10. Delayed cord clamping increases infants' iron stores
(Journal Club/Family practice)

... of delayed clamping was significantly greater for infants born to mothers with low ferritin at delivery, breastfed infants not receiving iron-fortified milk or formula, and infants born with birthwei...

11. Confusing effects of large, perinatal doses of vitamin A in HIV ...
(Journal Club/HIV)

...or babies independently were given a single, large dose of vitamin A or placebo. All but 4 of the mothers breastfed. The results were rather complex. Neither maternal nor neonatal vitamin A s...

12. Non-nutritive sucking decreases length of hospitalization for premature babies
(Journal Club/Latest Articles)

...series if cleanliness issues are taken care of. The abstract does not state whether subsequent successful breastfeeding was affected positively or negatively (and the full article is not available fre...

13. Does Severity of HIV Disease in HIV-Infected Mothers Affect Mortality and Morbidity among Their Uninfected Infants?
(Journal Club/HIV)

"Children born to HIV-infected mothers with advanced disease who escaped perinatal or early breastfeeding-related HIV infection are nonetheless at high risk of mortality and morbidity during the

14. Viral, Nutritional, and Bacterial Safety of Flash-Heated and Pretoria-Pasteurized Breast Milk to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Resour
(Journal Club/HIV)

...g all viral activity; both methods retained nutrients and destroyed bacterial contamination. Heat-treated breast milk merits further study as a safe and practical infant feeding option for HIV-positiv...

15. Antiretroviral Concentrations in Breast-Feeding Infants of Women in Botswana Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment
(Journal Club/HIV)

HIV inhibitory concentrations of NVP are achieved in breast-feeding infants of mothers receiving ZDV, 3TC, NVP, exposing infants to the potential for beneficial and adverse effects of nevirapine inges

16. Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Started during Pregnancy or Postpartum Suppresses HIV-1 RNA, but Not DNA, in Breast Milk
(Journal Club/HIV)

Authors compared breast-milk (BM) HIV-1 RNA and DNA loads of women in Botswana who received HAART (nevirapine, lamivudine, and zidovudine) and women who did not receive HAART. HAART suppressed cell-fr

17. Breast-Milk Shedding of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Subtype C in Women Exposed to Single-Dose Nevirapine
(Journal Club/HIV)

Plasma and breastmilk (BM) viral titers were obtained from women a median of 8 weeks after single-dose nevirapine. Samples from women with laboratory-diagnosed mastitis had higher viral titers in BM t

18. Increased risk of incident HIV during pregnancy in Rakai, Uganda: a prospective study
(Journal Club/HIV)

Adjusted incidence rate ratios for acquisition of HIV were 2.16 during pregnancy and 1.16 during breastfeeding. Pregnant women and their male partners reported significantly fewer external sexual part

19. Prolonged breast-feeding and mortality up to two years post-partum among HIV+ women in Zambia
(Journal Club/HIV)

...ce in mortality 12 months after delivery between 326 HIV-positive women randomly assigned to short (4 mo) breast-feeding versus 327 women assigned to long (ad lib) breast-feeding. Analysis based on ac...

20. Breastfeeding-Associated Hypernatremia: Are We Missing the Diagnosis?
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

...ds.2004-2647      Hypernatremic dehydration requiring hospitalization is common among breastfed neonates. Increased efforts are required to establish successful breastfeeding. Jaun...