There is a case study in the latest Lancet in which a baby contracted HIV 
from being breastfed by an aunt. You can read it online at www.thelancet.com
HIV transmission from surrogate breastfeeding
Bartholomew C, Bartholomew M, Jones A

"Surrogate breastfeeding" sounds odd to me. Do the authors think it sounds 
more medical than "wet nursing"? Do we have another term for a baby being 
fed by someone other than the biological mother?

Lisa Amir
MBBS, MMed, PhD, IBCLC in Melbourne, Australia 

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