Choto R G
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare.
Cent Afr J Med. 1990 Dec;36(12):296-300.
HIV in infants and children in Zimbabwe is virtually limited to vertical transmission. Less than 5 cases of transfusion acquired HIV infections have been documented to date. Zimbabwe was the third country in the world after the United States, to screen transfusion blood and blood products. The controversy of HIV transmission through breast milk is still far from resolved. In developing countries, breast-milk substitutes for formulae are not only prohibitively expensive but dangerous because of unhygienic and economic constraints. The paper argues the case for continued breast-feeding of infants by their HIV seropositive mothers.
在津巴布韦，婴幼儿感染艾滋病毒几乎都限于垂直传播。迄今为止，记录在案的因输血感染艾滋病毒的病例不到5例。津巴布韦是继美国之后世界上第三个对输血用血和血液制品进行筛查的国家。通过母乳传播艾滋病毒的争议仍远未得到解决。在发展中国家，母乳替代品配方奶粉不仅价格高得令人望而却步，而且由于卫生条件差和经济限制等原因存在危险。本文论证了艾滋病毒血清呈阳性的母亲继续对婴儿进行母乳喂养的理由。
