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Title
Effect of vitamin supplements on HIV shedding in breast milk.
Authors
Villamor, Eduardo; Koulinska, Irene N; Aboud, Said; Murrin, Clare; Bosch, Ronald J; Manji, Karim P; Fawzi, Wafaie W
Abstract
Supplementation in lactating HIV-1-infected women with preformed vitamin A and β-carotene (VA/BC) increases the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV through breastfeeding. Identifying a biological mechanism to explain this unexpected finding would lend support to a causal effect.
Publication
The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2010, Vol 92, Issue 4, p881