Potential impact of infant feeding recommendations on mortality and HIV-infection in children born to HIV-infected mothers in Africa: a simulation

BACKGROUND: Although breast-feeding accounts for 15–20% of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, it is not prohibited in some developing countries because of the higher mortality associated with not breast-feeding. We assessed the potential impact, on HIV infection and infant mortality, of a r...

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Autores principales: Atashili, Julius, Kalilani, Linda, Seksaria, Vidyunmala, Sickbert-Bennett, Emily E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2396166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18485200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-66

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2396166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18485200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-66

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