In a message dated 8/27/98 12:27:43 PM Central Daylight Time,
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<<  If the baby was HIV positive, I would recommend against direct feeding at
the breast, for fear of infecting the mother.   >>
Jane:

   Why do you say this? As saliva is not considered a mode of transmission..
Years ago when the scare came from Russia that mother's had been infected by
nursing their HIV+ babies the Physicians from CDC who had been to Russia felt
that what were were being told was not what was happening adn they (CDC) tfelt
that it was unlikely to pass from nusing infant to mother.

         Patricia