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FULL-TEXT GUIDELINES
HIV and Infant Feeding
WHO 2004
Guidelines

   ;    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Role of breastfeeding cessation in mediating the relationship between maternal HIV disease stage and
increased child mortality among HIV-exposed uninfected children.
Fox MP, Brooks DR, Kuhn L, et al
Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Nov 30.
Abstract

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Potential impact of infant feeding recommendations on mortality and HIV-infection in children born
to HIV-infected mothers in Africa: a simulation.
Atashili J, Kalilani L, Seksaria V, et al
BMC Infect Dis. 2008 May 16;8(1):66.
Paper

Temporal and lateral dynamics of HIV shedding and elevated sodium in breast milk
among HIV-positive mothers during the first 4 months of breast-feeding.
Semrau K, Ghosh M, Kankasa C, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Mar 1;47(3):320-8
Abstract

Breastfeeding to prevent HIV transmission in infants: balancing pros and cons.
Coovadia H, Kindra G
Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb;21(1):11-5.
Abstract

Prevention of human immunodeficiency virus-1 transmission to the infant through
breastfeeding: new developments.
Kourtis AP, Jamieson DJ, de Vincenzi I, et al
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Sep;197(3 Suppl):S113-22.
Abstract

Preserving breastfeeding practice through the HIV pandemic.
Coovadia HM, Bland RM.
Trop Med Int Health. 2007 Aug 20;
Abstract

Humanizing infant milk formula to decrease postnatal HIV transmission.
Blais DR, Altosaar I
Trends Biotechnol. 2007 Jul 27;
Abstract

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HIV and infant feeding counselling: challenges faced by nurse-counsellors in northern
Tanzania.
Leshabari SC, Blystad A, de Paoli M, Moland KM
Hum Resour Health. 2007 Jul 24;5(1):18
Paper

Laboratory Indicators of Mastitis Are Not Associated with Elevated HIV-1 DNA Loads or
Predictive of HIV-1 RNA Loads in Breast Milk.
Gantt S, Shetty AK, Seidel KD, et al
J Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 15;196(4):570-6
Abstract

Vaccine Platform for Prevention of Tuberculosis and Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1
through Breastfeeding.
Im EJ, Saubi N, Virgili G, et al
J Virol. 2007 Jun 27;
Abstract

Acute human immunodeficiency virus infection in a breast-fed infant in new york city.
Nicholson O, Michalik DE, Patel S, et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Jul;26(7):653-5.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Translating global recommendations on HIV and infant feeding to the local context:
the development of culturally sensitive counselling tools in the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania.
Leshabari SC, Koniz-Booher P, Astrom AN, et .
Implement Sci. 2006 Oct 3;1(1):22
Paper

The impact of breastfeeding on the health of HIV-positive mothers and their children in
sub-Saharan Africa.
Taha TE, Kumwenda NI, Hoover DR, et al
Bull World Health Organ. 2006 Jul 10;84(7):546-554.
Abstract

Complementary feeding adequacy in relation to nutritional status among early weaned
breastfed children who are born to HIV-infected mothers: ANRS 1201/1202 Ditrame Plus,
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
Becquet R, Leroy V, Ekouevi DK, et al
Pediatrics. 2006 Apr;117(4):e701-10.
Abstract

Transmission of Cell-Free and Cell-Associated HIV-1 Through Breast-Feeding.
Koulinska IN, Villamor E, Chaplin B, et al
J Acquir Immu ne Defic Syndr. 2006 Jan 1;41(1):93-99.
Abstract

Mortality Among HIV-1-Infected Women According to Children's Feeding Modality:
An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.
Breastfeeding and HIV International Transmission Study Group
.J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Aug 1;39(4):430-438.
Abstract

Breastfeeding and HIV.
Coutsoudis A.
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2005 Apr;19(2):185-96.
Abstract

Human Immuno-deficiency Virus and Infant Feeding in Complex Humanitarian
Emergencies: Priorities and Policy Considerations.
Leyenaar J. Disasters. 2004 Mar;28(1):1-15.
Abstract

Prevention of HIV Transmission Through Breast-feeding: Strengthening the Research
Agenda.
Dabis F, Newell ML, Fowler MG, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004 Feb 1; 35(2): 167-168
Abstract

Estimating the Efficacy of Interventions to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission
of Human mmunodeficiency Virus in Breastfeeding Populations: Comparing
Statistical Methods.
Alioum A, Cortina-Borja M, et al
Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Sep 15;158(6):596-605
Abstract

Update on pediatric nutrition: Breastfeeding, infant nutrition, and growth
Fulhan .J, Collier S, Duggan C.
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2003 Jun;15(3):323-32.
Abstract

Maternal recall of exclusive breast feeding duration.
Bland RM, Rollins NC, Solarsh G, et al.
Arch Dis Child. 2003 Sep;88(9):778-83.
Abstract

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

POSTER
Influence of a Safe Water System Intervention on Diarrhea Rates among Exclusively
Breastfed Infants Who Were Weaned Rapidly at 6 Months in the Kisumu Breastfeeding
Study, Kisumu, Kenya
T Thomas, J Harris, S Greene, et al
(15th CROI)
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POSTER
Resistance Mutation Patterns in Plasma and Breast Milk of HIV-infected Women Receiving
HAART for PMTCT: A Study within the DREAM Program
M Giuliano, G Guidotti, M Andreotti, et al
(14 CROI)
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Factors Affecting HIV Transmission

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Risk Factors for Early and Late Transmission of HIV via Breast-Feeding among Infants Born to HIV-Infected
Women in a Randomized Clinical Trial in Botswana.
Shapiro RL, Smeaton L, Lockman S, et al
J Infect Dis. 2008 Dec 17
Abstract

Low and Undetectable Breast Milk Interleukin-7 Concentrations Are Associated With Reduced
Risk of Postnatal HIV Transmission.
Walter J, Kuhn L, Ghosh MK, et a l
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Jul 19
Abstract

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first
6 months of life: an intervention cohort study.
Coovadia HM, Rollins NC, Bland RM, et al
Lancet. 2007 Mar 31;369(9567):1107-16.
Abstract

HIV-1 Disease Progression in Breast-Feeding and Formula-Feeding Mothers: A Prospective
2-Year Comparison of T Cell Subsets, HIV-1 RNA Levels, and Mortality.
Otieno PA, Brown ER, Mbori-Ngacha DA, et al
J Infect Dis. 2007 Jan 15;195(2):220-9
Abstract

Factors Influencing Breast Milk HIV RNA Viral Load among Zambian Women.
Phiri W, Kasonka L, Collin S, et al
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2006 Jul;22(7):607-14.
Abstract

Breast-Milk Shedding of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Subtype C in Women Exposed to
Single-Dose Nevirapine.
Lee EJ, Kantor R, Zijenah L, et al;
J Infect Dis. 2005 Oct 1;192(7):1260-4.
Abstract

Breast milk HIV-1 suppression and decreased transmission: a randomized trial comparing
HIVNET 012 nevirapine versus short-course zidovudine.
Chung MH, Kiarie JN, Richardson BA, et al
AIDS. 2005 Sep 2;19(13):1415-1422.
Abstract

Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Started during Pregnancy or Postpartum Suppresses
HIV-1 RNA, but Not DNA, in Breast Milk.
Shapiro RL, Ndung'u T, Lockman S, et al
Infect Dis. 2005 Sep 1;192(5):713-9. Epub 2005 Jul 27.
Abstract

Association of Levels of HIV-1-Infected Breast Milk Cells and Risk of Mother-to-Child
Transmission.
Rousseau CM, Nduati RW, Richardson BA
J Infect Dis. 2004 Nov 15;190(10):1880-8
Abstract

Effect of Perinatal Zidovudine Prophylaxis on the Evolution of Cell-Free HIV-1 RNA
in BreastMilk and on Postnatal Transmission.
Manigart O, Crepin M, Leroy V, et al
Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 15;190(8):1422-8.
Abstract

Late Postnatal Transmission of HIV-1 in Breast-Fed Children: An Individual Patient
Data Meta-Analysis.
The Breastfeeding and HIV International Transmission Study Group.
Infect Dis. 2004 Jun 15;189(12):2154-2166.
Abstract

Breast-feeding and Transmission of HIV-1.
John-Stewart G, Mbori-Ngacha D, Ekpini R, et al.
Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004 Feb 1; 35(2): 196-202
Abstract

Preventing postnatal transmission of HIV-1 through breast-feeding: modifying infant
feeding practices.
Rollins N, Meda N, Becquet R, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004 Feb 1;35(2):188-95.
Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in breast-milk components.
Hoffman IF, Martinson FE, Stewart PW, et al
J Infect Dis. 2003 Oct 15;188(8):1209-12
Abstract

Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Breast Milk.
Ghosh MK, Kuhn L, West J, et al
J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jun;41(6):2465-2470.
Abstract

Longitudinal analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in breast milk and of its
relationship to infant infection and maternal disease.
Rousseau CM, Nduati RW, Richardson BA, et al.
J Infect Dis 2003 Mar 1;187(5):741-7
Abstract

Breast-milk infectivity in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected mothers.
Richardson BA, John-Stewart GC, Hughes JP
J Infect Dis 2003 Mar 1;187(5):736-40
Abstract

Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Specific CD8(+) T Cells in Human Breast Milk.
Sabbaj S, Edwards BH, Ghosh MK
J Virol 2002 Aug 1;76(15):7365-7373
Abstract

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

POSTER
Predictors of Early and Late Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in a Breastfeeding Population:
HIVNET 012 Experience, Kampala, Uganda
F Mmiro, J Aizire, A Mwatha, et al
(15th CROI)
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POSTER
Risk Factors for and Timing of Infant Mortality among HIV-exposed Children: A Randomized
Clinical Trial in Botswana
S Lockman L Smeaton, R Shapiro, et al
(15th CROI)
PDF Poster    Abstract

POSTER
Shorter Duration of Breastfeeding in Infants of HIV-infected Women in Africa May
Substantially Reduce Infant HIV Infection but Not Mortality: A Simulation Study
J Atashili, L Kalilani, V Seksaria, E Sickbert-Bennett
(14 CROI)
PDF Poster    Abstract

Transmission of Cell-free and Cell-associated HIV-1 Through Breastfeeding
I Koulinska , E Villamor, B Chaplin, et al
(12 CROI)
Abstract

Breastmilk Feeding

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

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

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

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Extended Antiretroviral Prophylaxis to Reduce Breast-Milk HIV-1 Transmission.
Kumwenda NI, Hoover DR, Mofenson LM, et al
N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 4.
Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Effects of Early, Abrupt Weaning for HIV-free Survival of Children in Zambia.
Kuhn L, Aldrovandi GM, Sinkala M,et al
N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 4.
Paper

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 Through Breast-Feeding by Treating
Infants Prophylactically With Lamivudine in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: The Mitra Study.
Kilewo C, Karlsson K, Massawe A, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Mar 13
Abstract

Global perspectives in breast milk contamination: infectious and toxic hazards.
Pronczuk J, Akre J, Moy G, Vallenas C.
Environ Health Perspect 2002 Jun;110(6):A349-51
Abstract

Influence of infant feeding patterns on early mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1in Durban,
South Africa.
Coutsoudis A,
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2000 Nov;918:136-44
Abstract

Is breast not best? Feeding babies born to HIV-positive mothers: bringing
balance to a complex issue.
Humphrey J, Iliff P.
Nutr Rev 2001 Apr;59(4):119-27
Abstract

Exclusive breast-feeding: does it have the potential to reduce breast-feeding
transmission of HIV-1?
Smith MM, Kuhn L
Nutr Rev 2000 Nov;58(11):333-40
Abstract

Breastfeeding by HIV-1-infected women and outcome in their infants: a cohort
study from Durban, South Africa
Bobat R, Moodley D, Coutsoudis A, Coovadia H
AIDS 1997 Nov;11(13):1627-33
Abstract

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

POSTER
Assessment of Exclusive Breastfeeding among HIV⁺
J Okanda, R Ndivo, P Ongwena, et al
(15th CROI)
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Breastmilk Replacement Feeding

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
HIV, infant feeding and more perils for poor people: new WHO guidelines encourage review
of formula milk policies.
Coutsoudis A, Coovadia HM, Wilfert CM.
Bull World Health Organ. 2008 Mar;86(3):210-214.
Paper

Acceptability of Formula-Feeding to Prevent HIV Postnatal Transmission, Abidjan,
Cote d'Ivoire: ANRS 1201/1202 Ditrame Plus Study
Leroy V, Sakarovitch C, Viho I, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Oct 5;
Abstract

Immunoprophylaxis to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1.
Safrit JT, Ruprecht R, Ferrantelli L, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004 Feb 1; 35(2): 169-177.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Monitoring compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk
Substitutes in west Africa: multisite cross sectional survey in Togo and
Burkina Faso
Aguayo VM, Ross JS, Kanon S, Ouedraogo AN, et al.
BMJ 2003;326 127
Paper

Free formula milk for infants of HIV-infected women: blessing or curse?
Coutsoudis A, Goga A, Rollins N, Coovadia H.
Health Policy Plan 2002 Jun;17(2):154-160
Abstract

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

POSTER
Infectious Morbidity and Mortality in Formula-fed Infants Born to Women Infected by HIV
K Nielsen-Saines, H Watts, J Pilotto, et al
(15th CROI)
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Infant Feeding Strategies/Studies

Global Perspectives           Resource Limited Nation Studies/Perspectives

Global Perspectives

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

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

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Extended Antiretroviral Prophylaxis to Reduce Breast-Milk HIV-1 Transmission.
Kumwenda NI, Hoover DR, Mofenson LM, et al
N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 4.
Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Effects of Early, Abrupt Weaning for HIV-free Survival of Children in Zambia.
Kuhn L, Aldrovandi GM, Sinkala M,et al |
N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 4.
Paper

Prevention of human immunodeficiency virus-1 transmission to the infant through
breastfeeding: new developments.
Kourtis AP, Jamieson DJ, de Vincenzi I, et al
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Sep;197(3 Suppl):S113-22.
Abstract

Psychosocial and community perspectives on alternatives to breastfeeding.
Bassett MT
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2000 Nov;918:128-35
Abstract

Full-Text Paper
Postpartum care of the mother and newborn: a practical guide Technical
Working Group, World Health Organization.
Birth 1999 Dec;26(4):255-8
Paper

Resource-Limited Nation Perspectives

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

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

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Translating global recommendations on HIV and infant feeding to the local context:
the development of culturally sensitive counselling tools in the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania.
Leshabari SC, Koniz-Booher P, Astrom AN, et .
Implement Sci. 2006 Oct 3;1(1):22
Paper

Full-Text Article
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in developing countries:
Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV.
Dabis F, Newell ML, Fransen L
Health Policy Plan 2000 Mar;15(1):34-42
Paper

Effect of breastfeeding on infant and child mortality due to infectious diseases
in less developed countries: a pooled analysis. WHO Collaborative Study Team
on the Role of Breastfeeding on the Prevention of Infant Mortality.
Lancet 2000 Feb 5;355(9202):451-5
Abstract

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