The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 5 , Pages 611-616, November 2006

Hiv-specific secretory IgA in breast milk of HIV-positive mothers is not associated with protection against HIV transmission among breast-fed infants

Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY; the Department of Immunology, DISP LITA Vialba, University of Milano, Milano, Italy; University Teaching Hospital, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; Lusaka District Health Management Team, Lusaka, Zambia; the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; and the Center for International Health and Development at the Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

Received 18 January 2006; received in revised form 3 April 2006; accepted 9 June 2006.

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 Supported in part by NICHD grants 39611 and 40777 and by grants from Instituto Superiore di Sanita’“Programma Nazionale di Ricerca sull’AIDS”; by Centro di Eccellenza CISI; and by the EMPRO and AVIP EC WP6 Projects.

PII: S0022-3476(06)00552-X

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.06.017

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The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 5 , Pages 611-616, November 2006