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[Transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus during breast feeding and heterosexual contacts]

Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 1988 Dec;(12):59-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/89224864
Pokrovskii VV; Servetskii KL

Abstract: Two cases of the transfer of HIV infection are described: a child got HIV infection through breast feeding from the mother infected with HIV as the result of blood transfusion made 2 weeks after the birth of the child and 2 men were infected with HIV as the result of sexual relations with a woman found to be a HIV carrier.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION Adult Blood Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS *Breast Feeding Case Report English Abstract Female Human HIV Seropositivity/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Infant Male Prostitution *Sex Behavior Substance Abuse/COMPLICATIONS USSR Zaire/ETHNOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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