Objective: To review the literature on breastfeeding initiation and duration and to delineate
effective strategies for promoting positive breastfeeding behaviors. Data Sources …

While being underweight or stunted is recognized as an important risk factor for increased
prevalence and severity of infection and high mortality rates, there is increasing evidence for …

In the present study we demonstrate that both X4-and R5-tropic HIV-1 strains are able to
infect the human epithelial cell line HT-29. Infection was enhanced 2-fold when HIV was …

Various antimicrobial factors present in human milk were tested for in-vitro antiviral activity
against three rhinoviruses (two clinical isolates and rhinovirus 2) and an isolate of …

Worldwide, the HIV-1 epidemic has had a major impact on maternal and child health and
survival. An estimated 12 million women and 1.1 million children have been infected with …

In the present study, we demonstrated that opsonization of primary HIV-1 with human
complement enhances infection of immature monocyte-derived dendritic cells (iDC) and …

This review focuses on the risk of transmission of HIV in dental practice in developed and
developing countries; and as a result of oral sex, perinatal transmission and breast feeding …

Background: Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) is potentially effective intervention to
prevent transmission of HIV by changing sexual behaviour, and also enabling seropositive …

Importance of the field: There are currently over thirty million people infected with HIV and
there are no vaccines available to prevent HIV infections or disease. The genitourinary …

Human T cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) and HIV-1, causative agents of adult T cell
leukemia/lymphoma and AIDS, respectively, are transmitted vertically via breast milk. Here …