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Vitamin Content Of Breast Milk From Hiv-1–Infected Mothers Before And After Flash-Heat Treatment, Kiersten Israel-Ballard, Barbara Abrams, Anna Coutsoudis, Lindiwe Sibeko, Lynn Cheryk, Caroline Chantry

Lindiwe Sibeko

(EBM) as one method to reduce postnatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in developing countries. Flash-heat is a simple heat treatment method shown to inactivate cell-free HIV. Objective—To determine the effect of flash-heat on vitamin content of milk. Methods—Fresh EBM was collected from 50 HIV+ mothers in Durban, South Africa. Mothers washed their hands and then manually expressed 75–150 mL EBM into sterile jars. Milk was aliquoted to unheated controls or flash-heat (50 mL EBM in a glass jar heated in a 450-mL water jacket in an aluminum pan until water boiled, then EBM removed) simulating field conditions with …