> Hi, this is my first Lactnet post and I'm eager to jump into into the
> extremely important discussion of hiv and breastfeeding.
>
> It's almost two years now that I've been on a personal quest for more
> complete information on this topic and still find myself with more
> questions than answers about what are very basic assumptions.
>
> For example:
> Where is the study proving that hiv virus is transmitted through
> breastmilk?
> Where is the study that confirms that the virus in breastmilk is capable
> of being infectious?
> Where is the study comparing viral loads in hiv+ women to a control
> group of hiv- women?  Without a control group, measurements of viral
> loads are pretty meaningless.
> Where are the short and long term studies comparing clinical outcomes of
> mothers and  babies who were put on drugs with mothers and breastfed
> babies not taking any antiretrovirals?
>
> There's more, but this is my test to see if I'm doing this right.
>
> Marian Tompson

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