Prevention of mother-child transmission programs work but infants need checking for drug resistance, study suggests
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Genetic mutations that lead to antiretroviral (the drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS) resistance in HIV-infected infants may develop as a result of exposure to low doses of maternal antiretroviral drugs via breastfeeding rather than being acquired directly from the mother.