Prospects of vaccination as a means of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV-I

Biberfeld, G.; Buonaguro, F.; Lindberg, A.; de, Té.G.; Yi, Z.; Zetterström, R.

Acta Paediatrica 91(2): 241-242

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0803-5253
PMID: 11952017
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2002.tb01703.x
Document Number: 254606
Although short-course antiretroviral therapy is efficient in reducing mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1, it does not prevent transmission during the breastfeeding period. There is therefore an urgent need to test various approaches, including HIV-1 vaccination, to try to prevent postnatal transmission of HIV-1 in breastfeeding populations in developing countries.

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