> Are we saying that the intrinsic factors no longer work during bouts of
>mastitis and sore nipples? Or are we saying that only in hiv positive
>mothers do the intrinsic factors not work. Do we know this?
This is not my area of expertise, but I imagine that transmission
of HIV in women with cracked nipples is through blood, not
breast milk, which leaves us with the question of whether, how
and under what circumstances breastmilk can transmit HIV.
Naomi Bar-Yam
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