Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor in colostrum and breast milk is not a major determinant of the protection of early postnatal transmission of HIV

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Becquart, Pierre | Grésenguet, Gérard | Hocini, Hakim | Kazatchkine, Michel | Bélec, Laurent

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International audience. HIV may be transmitted through breast milk. Although the risk of perinatal mother-to-child transmission of HIV is significantly decreased with the use of antiretroviral chemoprophylaxis, postnatal transmission of HIV through breast milk remains a major challenge for public health in developing countries. [...]

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