PEDIATRICS Vol. 96 No. 5 November 1995, pp. 977-979
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Human Milk, Breastfeeding, and Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States

Committee on Pediatric AIDS

When making recommendations concerning feeding options for infants, health care providers in the United States must balance the potential for transmission of HIV through human milk with the known benefits of breastfeeding. Additional epidemiologic studies are needed to assess accurately the actual risk of HIV transmission to infants from human milk in the United States. However, because HIV transmission via human milk is possible, knowledge of the HIV serostatus of pregnant women is important to determine whether breastfeeding is appropriate.


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AAP Publications Reaffirmed and Retired, February and May 2008
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