Association between Breast Milk Erythropoietin and Reduced Risk of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV

We examined the prospective associations between breast milk concentrations of erythropoietin, a factor with trophic effects on infant gut epithelia, and the risk of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through breast-feeding in a study of 59 MTCT cases and 116 c...

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Published in:	The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 202; no. 3; pp. 370 - 373
Main Authors:	Arsenault, Joanne E., Webb, Aimee L., Koulinska, Irene N., Aboud, Said, Fawzi, Wafaie W., Villamor, Eduardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford The University of Chicago Press 15-08-2010 University of Chicago Press Oxford University Press
Subjects:	Adult AIDS Biological and medical sciences Breast milk Case-Control Studies Children Disease models Disease risk Disease transmission Erythropoietin - analysis Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology HIV HIV 1 HIV Infections - transmission HIV/AIDS Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Infectious diseases Medical sciences Microbiology Milk, Human - chemistry Miscellaneous Pregnancy Prospective Studies Risk Assessment Tanzania Viral load Virology Women Tanzania Virus Infection Erythropoietin Polypeptide Retroviridae Vertical transmission Human immunodeficiency virus Lentivirus Milk
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