Recently received this from a friend and colleague. Please share your
responses to Lactnet and to me privately as well. Thanks.

Kathleen


>Subject: Breastfeeding and AIDS
>
>Kathleen:
>
>    A woman recently told me that her state reported six cases of known HIV
>transmission to infants via breastfeeding, and she wondered if that was the
>Kansas total or the national total.  Supposedly the mothers were exposed to
>HIV after the babies were born.
>    I am not aware of any positively identified transmissions by that means,
>and wonder if such positive identifications might be precluded by the 2-week
>to 6-month average "window period" between the time of exposure and the time
>the antibodies appear in the blood.
>    Please share your thoughts/insights on this.
>    Thank you.

Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet, Independent Consultant
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