HIV and Breastfeeding

• Autor: Figueroa A., Rolando
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2015
• Institución: Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
• Repositorio: Revista SPOG - Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.spog:article/1789
• Enlace del recurso: http://www.spog.org.pe/web/revista/index.php/RPGO/article/view/1789
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

Vertical transmission (TV) is the passage of infection from one generation to the next, usually from a mother to her son. It is also known as mother-child infection. Initially, studies of HIV (HIV) infection in infants it was recognized that vertical transmission in tropical communities and underprivileged is higher (25-48%) than in those most industrialized and richest (13-32 %). 1992 studies concluded that women; who they were already infected before pregnancy had an additional risk of 14% of TV attributable to breastfeeding and transmission in utero or during birth. The European Collaborative Study suggest that the risk of transmission of HIV-1 infected mother to her child is doubled if she breastfeeds him. If a mother becomes infected by HIV-1 postpartum, the risk of vertical transmission is 29%.