High uptake of exclusive breastfeeding and reduced early post-natal HIV transmission.

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Published in PLoS One on December 26, 2007

Authors

Louise Kuhn1, Moses Sinkala, Chipepo Kankasa, Katherine Semrau, Prisca Kasonde, Nancy Scott, Mwiya Mwiya, Cheswa Vwalika, Jan Walter, Wei-Yann Tsai, Grace M Aldrovandi, Donald M Thea

Author Affiliations

1: Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, and Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America. lk24@columbia.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Zambia Exclusive Breastfeeding Study | NCT00310726

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