Breastfeeding and HIV

Breastfeeding by HIV-infected mothers is the practice of breastfeeding of HIV-infected mothers and include those who may want to or are currently breastfeeding. HIV can be transmitted to the infant through breastfeeding.[1] The risk of transmission varies and depends on the viral load in the mother's milk.[2] An infant can be infected with HIV throughout the duration of the pregnancy or during childbirth (intrapartum).[3][4]

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  2. ^ Moland, K, Blystad A (2008). "Counting on Mother's Love: The Global Politics of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Eastern Africa". In Hahn R, Inhorn M (eds.). Anthropology and Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society. Oxford University Press. p. 449.
  3. ^ White, E. (1999). Breastfeeding and HIV/AIDS: The Research, the Politics, the Women's Perspectives. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 12.
  4. ^ Polin, Richard (2014). Fetal and neonatal secrets. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders. ISBN 978-0-323-09139-8.