Journal article
Alternative modified infant-feeding practices to prevent postnatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 through breast milk: past, present, and future
Journal of human lactation, v 22(1)
Feb 2006
PMID: 16467289
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Abstract
Preventing mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) through breastfeeding is important to reduce the number of infected children. Research on making breastfeeding safer is a high priority. The authors reviewed the attempts to develop alternative methods, other than antiretroviral (ARV) therapy of mothers and/or babies, to decontaminate breast milk of infectious HIV-1 (free and associated with lymphocytes). They also review how these methods affect milk constituents, as well as their current and prospective status. A PubMed search for English publications on methods to prevent MTCT through breast milk was completed. Methods that have been tested, other than systemicuse or ARV or immunoprophylaxis, to reduce or prevent MTCT of HIV-1 through breast milk were broadly classified into 5 groups: (1) modified feeding practices, (2) heat treatment of milk, (3) lipolysis, (4) antimicrobial treatment of the breastfeeding mother, and (5) microbicidal treatment of infected milk. Their advantages and disadvantages are discussed, as well as future directions in the prevention of MTCT through breastfeeding.
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- Title
- Alternative modified infant-feeding practices to prevent postnatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 through breast milk: past, present, and future
- Creators
- Sandra Urdaneta Hartmann - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, USACheston M BerlinMary K Howett
- Publication Details
- Journal of human lactation, v 22(1)
- Publisher
- Sage; United States
- Grant note
- F32 HD041346 / NICHD NIH HHS F32 HD41346 / NICHD NIH HHS P01 AI37829 / NIAID NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000235163900012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33646263605
- Other Identifier
- 991014878531304721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Nursing
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Pediatrics