Feeding mode, intestinal permeability, and neopterin excretion: A longitudinal study of infants of HIV-infected Southa African women
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The authors discuss a study done of recently-born infants of HIV-infected women to learn their physiological responses to various methods of feeding. This was an extension of knowledge that infants who were exclusively breast-fed had a lower rate of mother-to-infant HIV transmission than infants fed breast milk and additional foods. They found certain characteristics in infant intestinal permeability, but nothing that would explain why HIV transmission varies in the way stated above.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2001
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Body composition changes during lactation in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African women
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The body composition of South African lactating women in relation to HIV status was examined by obtaining fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM). HIVpos South African breast-feeding mothers without severe immune suppression lost weight and subcutaneous fat between 8 and 24 weeks postpartum, whereas HIVneg mothers gained weight, and FFM was maintained postpartum in HIVpos and HIV mothers.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2006
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Pregnancy outcomes in HIV-infected and uninfected women in rural and urban South Africa
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A study report describes pregnancy outcomes among clade C HIV-infected and uninfected women in South Africa. Although low birth weight was associated with increased early mortality for infected and uninfected women, the risk of a baby dying in the first 6 weeks of life was not independently associated with maternal HIV infection.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2007
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