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Infants of HIV-infected mothers face nearly constant risk during breastfeeding.
2004 JUL 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After 4 weeks of age, infants who breastfeed from mothers infected with HIV continue to be at risk for infection with HIV for as long as they breastfeed, according to an analysis conducted and funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Previously, researchers thought the risk for being infected with the virus from breast milk diminished as an infant grew older.
The analysis determined that a significant proportion of infants - 42% - were infected by breastfeeding after they were 4 weeks old.
The study also found that infants were at greater risk for contracting the virus through breastfeeding if their mothers had low levels of CD4+ cells, an immune cell targeted by the AIDS virus. Moreover, male…
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