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General Reports
        

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use by Breastfeeding HIV-Uninfected Women: A Prospective Short-Term Study of Antiretroviral Excretion in Breast Milk and Infant Absorption.
Mugwanya KK, Hendrix CW, Mugo NR,  et al
PLoS Med. 2016 Sep 27;13(9):e1002132.
Paper

Oligosaccharide Composition of Breast Milk Influences Survival of Uninfected Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers in Lusaka, Zambia.
Kuhn L, Kim HY, Hsiao L, Nissan C,  et al
J Nutr
. 2015 Jan;145(1):66-
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Exclusive breastfeeding: measurement and indicators.
Greiner T

Int Breastfeed J. 2014 Oct 20;9:18.
Paper

HIV Transmission Through Breastfeeding: Still Possible in Developed Countries.
Blumental S, Ferster A, Van den Wijngaert S, Lepage P.

Pediatrics
. 2014 Aug 18.

Abstract

Risks and benefits of lifelong antiretroviral treatment for pregnant and breastfeeding women: a review of the evidence for the Option B+ approach.
Ahmed S, Kim MH, Abrams EJ.
Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2013 Sep;8(5):473-88.
Abstract

Infant feeding in the context of HIV: a qualitative study of health care workers' knowledge of recommended infant feeding options in Papua New Guinea.
Vallely LM, Kelly A, Kupul M,  et al
Int Breastfeed
J
. 2013 Jun 7;8(1):6
Abstract

HIV-1 Concentrations in Human Breast Milk Before and After Weaning.
Kuhn L, Kim HY, Walter J,  et al
Sci Transl Med. 2013 Apr 17;5(181):181ra51.
Abstract

Promoting safe infant feeding practices - the importance of structural, social and contextual factors in Southern Africa.
Lazarus R, Struthers H, Violari A.
J Int AIDS Soc
. 2013 Feb 7;16:18037.
Abstract

 

Factors Affecting HIV Transmission
 

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Optimal timing of viral load monitoring during pregnancy to predict viraemia at delivery in HIV-infected women initiating ART in South Africa: a simulation study.
Lesosky M, Glass T, Mukonda E, et al
J Int AIDS Soc
. 2017 Nov;20 Suppl 7:26-31
Abstract

Association of HIV-1 Envelope-Specific Breast Milk IgA Responses with Reduced Risk of Postnatal Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1.
Pollara J, McGuire E, Fouda GG, et al
J Virol
. 2015 Jul 22.
Abstract

Purified Human Breast Milk MUC1 and MUC4 Inhibit Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Mthembu Y, Lotz Z, Tyler M, et al

Neonatology
. 2014 Feb 4;105(3):211-217
Abstract

Maternal antiretroviral prophylaxis and breastfeeding.
Marzolini C, Gray GE.
Antivir Ther. 2012 Aug 21
Abstract

FULL-TEXT
ARTICLE
The Magnitude and Kinetics of the Mucosal HIV-Specific CD8+ T Lymphocyte Response and Virus
RNA Load in Breast Milk.
Mahlokozera T, Kang HH, Goonetilleke N,  et al
PLoS One
. 2011;6(8):e23735
Paper

Factors affecting breastfeeding cessation after discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy
to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Morgan MC, Masaba RO, Nyikuri M, Thomas TK.

AIDS Care
. 2010 Jul;22(7):866-73
Abstract


Breastmilk Feeding
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Detectable tenofovir levels in breastfeeding infants of mothers exposed to topical tenofovir.
Noguchi LM, Montgomery ET, Biggio JR,
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Jul 11.
Abstract

Association between breast milk fatty acids and HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding.
Badiou S, Tuaillon E, Viljoen J,  et al
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids
. 2016 Feb;105:35-42
Abstract

Breast milk of HIV-positive mothers has potent and species-specific in vivo HIV inhibitory activity.
Wahl A, Baker C, Spagnuolo RA,  et al

J Virol
. 2015 Aug 19. pii: JVI.01702-15
Abstract

Frequent nevirapine resistance in infants infected by HIV-1 via breastfeeding while on nevirapine prophylaxis: results of the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals and Nutrition study.
Nelson JA, Fokar A, Hudgens MG,  et al
AIDS
. 2015 Jul 17

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Exclusive Breastfeeding, Diarrhoeal Morbidity and All-Cause Mortality in Infants of HIV-Infected and HIV Uninfected Mothers: An Intervention Cohort Study in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Rollins NC, Ndirangu J, Bland RM, et al
PLoS One. 2013 Dec 2;8(12):e81307.
Paper

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE

Exclusive breastfeeding prenatal intentions among HIV-positive mothers in Blantyre, Malawi: a correlation study.
Kafulafula UK, Hutchinson MK, Gennaro S,  et al
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
. 2
013 Nov 7;13(1):203

Paper

Efficacy and safety of an extended nevirapine regimen in infants of breastfeeding mothers with HIV-1 infection for prevention of HIV-1 transmission (HPTN 046): 18-month results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Fowler MG, Coovadia H, Herron CM, Maldonado Y, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Nov 1
Abstract

Safety of antiretroviral drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding for mother and child.
Newell ML, Bunders MJ.
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
. 2013 Jun 5
Abstract

Maternal antiretroviral prophylaxis and breastfeeding.
Marzolini C, Gray GE.
Antivir Ther. 2012 Aug 21.
Abstract

HIV-1 Reservoirs in Breast Milk and Challenges to Elimination of Breast-Feeding Transmission of HIV-1.
Van de Perre P, Rubbo PA, Viljoen J,  et al
Sci Transl Med
. 2012 Jul 18;4(143):143sr3.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Children Who Acquire HIV Infection Perinatally Are at Higher Risk of Early Death than Those Acquiring Infection through Breastmilk:
A Meta-Analysis.
Becquet R, Marston M, Dabis F, et al
PLoS One
. 2012;7(2):e28510
Paper
 

Care of the HIV-Exposed Child-To Breast Feed or Not?
Seth A.
Indian J Pediatr
. 2012 Mar
Abstract

Breastfeeding in HIV Exposed Infants Significantly Improves Child Health: A Prospective Study.
Kindra G, Coutsoudis A, Esposito F, Esterhuizen T
Matern Child Health J. 2011 Apr 20
Abstract

Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV.
Moland KM, van Esterik P, Sellen DW, et al
Int Breastfeed J
. 2010 Oct 26;5(1):19.
Abstract

Factors affecting breastfeeding cessation after discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy to
prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Morgan MC, Masaba RO, Nyikuri M, Thomas TK.
AIDS Care
. 2010 Jul;22(7):866-73
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Restriction of HIV-1 genotypes in breast milk does not account for the population
transmission genetic bottleneck that occurs following transmission.

Heath L, Conway S, Jones L, et al  
PLoS One
. 2010 Apr 20;5(4):e10213.
Paper

Breastfeeding in HIV-Positive Women: What Can be Recommended?
Slater M, Stringer EM, Stringer JS
Paediatr Drugs. 2010 Feb 1;12(1):1-9.
Abstract

Extended-dose nevirapine to 6 weeks of age for infants to prevent HIV transmission via breastfeeding
in Ethiopia, India, and Uganda: an analysis of three randomised controlled trials.
Six Week Extended-Dose Nevirapine (SWEN) Study Team. 
Lancet.
2008 Jul 26;372(9635):300-313.
Abstract

 

Breastmilk Replacement Feeding
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Effect of Formula Feeding and Breastfeeding on Child Growth, Infant Mortality, and HIV Transmission in Children Born to HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Who Received Triple Antiretroviral Therapy in a Resource-Limited Setting: Data from an HIV Cohort Study in India.
Alvarez-Uria G, Midde M, Pakam R,  et al
ISRN Pediatr
. 2012;2012:763591.
Paper
 

Infant Feeding Strategies/Studies
Global Perspectives           Resource Limited Nation Studies/Perspectives             United States

Global Perspectives

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Breastfeeding and HIV transmission in the developing world: past, present, future.
Rollins N, Coovadia HM.
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
. 2013 Jun 10.
Abstract

FULL TEXT EDITORIAL
Breast-Feeding, Antiretroviral Prophylaxis, and HIV
Gray GE, Saloojee H
N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 4.
Commentary
 

 
 
Resource-Limited Nation Perspectives

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Effect of Formula Feeding and Breastfeeding on Child Growth, Infant Mortality, and HIV Transmission in Children Born to HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Who Received Triple Antiretroviral Therapy in a Resource-Limited Setting: Data from an HIV Cohort Study in India.
Alvarez-Uria G, Midde M, Pakam R,  et al
ISRN Pediatr
. 2012;2012:763591.
Paper

Demotivating infant feeding counselling encounters in southern Africa: Do counsellors need more
or different training?

Buskens I, Jaffe A. 
AIDS Care.
2008 Mar;20(3):337-45.
Abstract
 

 
United Kindrom

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
It pains me because as a woman you have to breastfeed your baby": decision-making about infant feeding among African women living with HIV in the UK.
Tariq S, Elford J, Tookey P, et al 
Sex Transm Infect
. 2016 Jan 12

Abstract

United States

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Breastfeeding and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Women in the United States: Harm Reduction Counseling Strategies.
Levison J, Weber S, Cohan D.
Clin Infect Dis
. 2014 Apr 24.
Abstract


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