Is breastfeeding for HIV-positive mothers now recommendable?

Anna Gamell

doi:10.4414/smw.2018.14655

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Vol. 148 No. 2930 (2018)

Is breastfeeding for HIV-positive mothers now recommendable?

Anna Gamell

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2018.14655
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14655
Published: 29.07.2018

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Townsend CL, Byrne L, Cortina-Borja M, Thorne C, de Ruiter A, Lyall H, et al. Earlier initiation of ART and further decline in mother-to-child HIV transmission rates, 2000-2011. AIDS. 2014;28(7):1049–57. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000000212
Luzuriaga K, Mofenson LM. Challenges in the Elimination of Pediatric HIV-1 Infection. N Engl J Med. 2016;374(8):761–70. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1505256
Flynn PM, Taha TE, Cababasay M, Fowler MG, Mofenson LM, Owor M, et al.; PROMISE Study Team. Prevention of HIV-1 Transmission Through Breastfeeding: Efficacy and Safety of Maternal Antiretroviral Therapy Versus Infant Nevirapine Prophylaxis for Duration of Breastfeeding in HIV-1-Infected Women With High CD4 Cell Count (IMPAACT PROMISE): A Randomized, Open-Label, Clinical Trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018;77(4):383–92. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001612
Luoga E, Vanobberghen F, Bircher R, Nyuri A, Ntamatungiro AJ, Mnzava D, et al. No HIV transmission from virally suppressed mothers during breastfeeding in rural Tanzania. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018;1; Epub ahead of print. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001758
Kahlert CR, Aebi-Popp K, Bernasconi E, Martinez de Tejada B, Nadal D, Paioni P, et al. Is breastfeeding an equipoise option in effectively treated HIV infected mothers in a high-income setting? Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14648. doi:10.4414/smw.2018.14648.

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[1] Townsend CL, Byrne L, Cortina-Borja M, Thorne C, de Ruiter A, Lyall H, et al. Earlier initiation of ART and further decline in mother-to-child HIV transmission rates, 2000-2011. AIDS. 2014;28(7):1049–57. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000000212

[2] Luzuriaga K, Mofenson LM. Challenges in the Elimination of Pediatric HIV-1 Infection. N Engl J Med. 2016;374(8):761–70. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1505256

[3] Flynn PM, Taha TE, Cababasay M, Fowler MG, Mofenson LM, Owor M, et al.; PROMISE Study Team. Prevention of HIV-1 Transmission Through Breastfeeding: Efficacy and Safety of Maternal Antiretroviral Therapy Versus Infant Nevirapine Prophylaxis for Duration of Breastfeeding in HIV-1-Infected Women With High CD4 Cell Count (IMPAACT PROMISE): A Randomized, Open-Label, Clinical Trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018;77(4):383–92. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001612

[4] Luoga E, Vanobberghen F, Bircher R, Nyuri A, Ntamatungiro AJ, Mnzava D, et al. No HIV transmission from virally suppressed mothers during breastfeeding in rural Tanzania. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018;1; Epub ahead of print. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001758

[5] Kahlert CR, Aebi-Popp K, Bernasconi E, Martinez de Tejada B, Nadal D, Paioni P, et al. Is breastfeeding an equipoise option in effectively treated HIV infected mothers in a high-income setting? Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14648. doi:10.4414/smw.2018.14648.