Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) and Breastfeeding Science, Research Advances, and Policy /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kourtis, Athena P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bulterys, Marc (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 743
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Virology.; Maternal and child health services.; Infectious diseases.; Epidemiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Maternal and Child Health.; Infectious Diseases.

The HIV pandemic continues to levy a heavy burden on the human race world-wide. The estimated number of people who became newly infected with HIV in 2009 was 2.6 million; most of these individuals live in Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by India and Southeast Asia. An estimated 370,000 new cases of ped...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Breastfeeding and transmission of HIV-1: Epidemiology and Global Magnitude
• Breastfeeding and Transmission of viruses other than HIV-1
• Breastfeeding among HIV-1-infected women: Maternal health outcomes and social repercussions
• Virologic determinants of breast milk transmission of HIV-1
• HIV-1 resistance to antiretroviral agents: Relevance to mothers and infants in the breastfeeding setting
• Animal models of HIV transmission through breastfeeding and pediatric HIV infection
• Antiretroviral pharmacology in breast milk
• HIV-1 diagnosis of the breastfed infant
• The immune system of breast milk: antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties
• Humoral /mucosal/innate immunity in the breast milk in the context of HIV-1 infection
• Cellular immunity in breast milk: Implications for Postnatal Transmission of HIV-1 to the infant
• Antiretroviral drugs during breastfeeding for the prevention of postnatal transmission of HIV-1
• Immune Approaches for the prevention of breast milk transmission of HIV-1
• Non-antiretroviral approaches to prevention of breast milk transmission of HIV-1: Exclusive breastfeeding, early weaning, treatment of expressed breast milk
• Breast milk micronutrients and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1
• Historical perspective of African-based research on HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding: The Malawi experience
• Breastfeeding and HIV infection in China
• The role of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in infant and young child feeding guideline development and program implementation
• Should women with HIV-1 infection breastfeed their infants? Balancing the scientific evidence, ethical issues and costs-policy considerations
• HIV-1 and Breastfeeding in the United States
• Epilogue. The future of breastfeeding in the face of HIV-1 infection: Science and Policy.