Hamzullah Khan, Balqis Afridi, Tahniat Ishaq.
HIV/AIDS transmission from mother to child with special attention toward transmission through breast feeding.
Rawal Med J Jan ;32(1):79-81.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a leading infectious cause of adult death in the world. Untreated disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has a case fatality, which approaches 100%. The burden of disease is heaviest in Africa. Out of 28 millions deaths due to AIDS world wide at the end of 2002, 70% have occurred in this continent. The first case of AIDS in Pakistan was reported in 1987 in Lahore. Late in 1980-90 it became evident that increasing number of Pakistani men were becoming infected with HIV while living or traveling abroad. The estimated number of HIV/AIDS cases in Pakistan in age 15 to 45 years, by year 2003 was 74,000. This is a review article. (Rawal Med J 2007;32:79-81)

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