Triple antiretroviral prophylaxis administered during pregnancy and after delivery significantly reduces breast milk viral load

Article Abstract:

The effect of antiretroviral treatment on breast milk viral load was assessed to determine plasma and breast milk drug concentrations in pregnant women receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The data result show that a combination of zidovudine, lamivudine, and nevirapine administered during and after pregnancy reached levels similar to or higher than plasma concentrations in breast milk and was able to significantly reduce the virus load in a group of women living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

Pregnant women, Control, Viremia, Highly active antiretroviral therapy, Viral load, Clinical report

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Contribution of bacterial sepsis to morbidity in infants born to HIV-infected Haitian mothers

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to identify treatable and preventable infectious causes of morbidity and mortality in children affected by HIV during their first fifteen months of life and the role of bacterial sepsis in the natural history of AIDS in Haitian children. It was found that bacteremia, Staphylococcus aureus was partially responsible for excess illness and mortality in children born to HIV-infected mothers.

Care and treatment, Drug therapy, Staphylococcal infections, Sepsis

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Viral, nutritional, and bacterial safety of flash-heated and Pretoria-pasteurized breast milk to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in resource-poor countries: A pilot study

Article Abstract:

A potential to reduce vertical transmission in heat-treated breast milk of HIV positive mothers is presented. A study is conducted which compared the impact of flash-heating (FH) and Pretoria (PP) on HIV, nutrients, and antimicrobial properties in human silk.

Prevention, Disease transmission, Milk, Milk pasteurization, Disease/Disorder overview

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