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Extended Antiretroviral Prophylaxis Reduces Breast-Milk HIV Transmission
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Title Extended Antiretroviral Prophylaxis Reduces Breast-Milk HIV Transmission
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/575590?src=rss
Description In infants born to HIV-infected mothers, extended prophylaxis with nevirapine alone or combined with zidovudine for the first 14 weeks of life reduces their acquisition of HIV via breastfeeding, according to the results of a study conducted in Blantyre, Malawi. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > HIV/AIDS
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Date Jun 6, 2008
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