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Katy,

In a message dated 4/22/99 4:26:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, you wrote:

<<  I believe that HIV DOES cause
 AIDS, and that HIV CAN be transmitted through breastmilk.  >>

I, too, believe that HIV causes AIDS. The science on this is very clear! I
also know that HIV can be transmitted through breastmilk. The case that is
best known is that of Ariel Glazer the daughter of Elizabeth Glaser and Paul
Michael Glaser.  Elizabeth was transfused after Ariel's birth with blood from
a man who relatively shortly thereafter died of AIDS. The time between the
donation of the blood and the man's death was such that it could be clearly
established retrospectively that he was infected with HIV at the time that he
donated  the unit of blood that was given to Mrs Glaser. Elizabeth breastfed
Ariel. Eventually, Ariel and then Elizabeth started getting sick. Their
immune systems were failing; their T-cell counts dropping. When they could be
tested, they both tested positive for HIV antibodies. Paul was not the source
of the infection. He tested negative. The source of Elizabeth's infection was
traced to the blood donor and Ariel's infection to Elizabeth's breastmilk.
HIV is not transmitted casually and breastfeeding was the only possible route
of transmission from Elizabeth to Ariel. Elizabeth Glaser died in 1994 and
was preceded in death by Ariel. Elizabeth established the Pediatric AIDS
Foundation in 1988 so that other children might be spared Ariel's fate. It
was renamed in Elizabeth's memory on World AIDS Day 1998. The website is at
<A HREF="http://www.pedaids.org/">Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
</A> .

Warmly,
Carol Kelley  LLLL
Taylors SC USA
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