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Accurate testing techniques for infants may inform infant feeding. Studies note that rapid scale up of early infant diagnosis is needed in low-resource settings in order to access treatment and care as soon as possible. [For WHO guidance on HIV testing in infants see: www.who.int/hiv/topics/vct/toolkit/additional_resources/children/en/]
Postpartum
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More research is needed to understand the relationship between maternal single-dose nevirapine administered during delivery and postpartum nevirapine resistance found in breastmilk, and its impact on postnatal transmission to infants. [See also %{s:45}] A study detected nevirapine resistance in 40% of breast milk samples collected from 30 HIV-positive mothers after four weeks of single-dose nevirapine exposure. Breastmilk samples were collected from 19 mothers whose infants tested HIV negative and 11 mothers who infants tested HIV positive by 6 weeks of age.
Postpartum
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