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searchers conclude that breastfeeding recommendations for HIV-infected women in developing countries must carefully balance the risk of HIV transmission with the well-known nutritional and health benefits of breastfeeding. "Recommendations may be most usefully made at the level of the individual mother, since communities in developing countries include women from varied socioeconomic strata who have different access to safe-milk alternatives."

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Contact: John Bowersox
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301-402-1663
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
24-Aug-1999

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