Open AccessElevations in Mortality Associated with Weaning Persist into the Second Year of Life among Uninfected Children Born to HIV‐Infected Mothers
Author(s) -
Louise Kuhn,
Moses Sinkala,
Katherine Semrau,
Chipepo Kankasa,
Prisca Kasonde,
Mwiya Mwiya,
ChihChi Hu,
WeiYann Tsai,
Donald M. Thea,
Grace M. Aldrovandi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/649886
Subject(s) - medicine , weaning , breast feeding , confidence interval , pediatrics , cohort study , cohort , breastfeeding
Early weaning has been recommended to reduce postnatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. We evaluated the safety of stopping breast-feeding at different ages for mortality of uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers.
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