Dear Friends:
       Here are some citations.  I guess it will be adding fuel to the
discussion?

1) Adv Exp Med Biol 2000;478:211-23
Subclinical mastitis as a risk factor for mother-infant HIV transmission.

Willumsen JF, Filteau SM, Coutsoudis A, Uebel KE, Newell ML, Tomkins AM.

2)  <A HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12556695&dopt=Abstract">Willumsen JF, Filteau SM, Coutsoudis A, Newell ML, Rollins NC, Coovadia
HM, Tomkins AM.</A> <A HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Display&dopt=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=12556695">Related Articles,</A> >Links</A>
Breastmilk RNA viral load in HIV-infected South African women: effects of
subclinical mastitis and infant feeding.
AIDS. 2003 Feb 14;17(3):407-14.

3) Proc Nutr Soc 2000 Feb;59(1):135-46
Malnutrition, morbidity and mortality in children and their mothers.
       Tomkins A.

4) Embree JE at al. "Risk factors for postnatal mother-child transmission of
HIV-1" AIDS, 2000, 14 (16):2535-2541

5)"Characteristics of Mother, Child Linked to Postnatal HIV transmission
risk"  FAM PLAN PERSPECT 2001, 27(2)
       This article mentions that  babies who develop oral thrush within 6
months have a greater risk of postnatal infection.

6) HIV Transmission Through Breastfeeding  JAMA 1999; 282: 744-749 Miotti,
Taha, Kumwenda et al.
       Warmly,
       Nikki Lee




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