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>n editorial in JAMA, October 1988 Vol. 260(13) p. 1830 which
>addressed this issue.  Many of the babies who test HIV positive are
>not infected and will not develop AIDS.  The authors said that only
>30- 50% of babies who test HIV antibody positive at the time of birth
>are actually infected.  The remaining infants test positive because
>of maternal antibodies.

I believe there was a case here where the original samples were dug out,
retested and the original diagnosis was _confirmed_. The baby had indeed
had actual virus in its bloodstream. At 5yrs the samples were virus free.

I would love to know if that child was breastfed.


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Narelle Clark
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