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| Anna CoutsoudisSummaryAffiliation: University of KwaZulu-Natal Country: South Africa Publications
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Infant feeding dilemmas created by HIV: South African experiencesAnna Coutsoudis
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
J Nutr 135:956-9. 2005..Mothers found it difficult to stop breast-feeding earlier than the norm, and it therefore is important that mothers considering early cessation of breast-feeding be given sufficient preparation and support...- Prevention of vertical transmission of HIV-1 in resource-limited settingsAnna Coutsoudis
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, Private Bag 7, Congella 4013, South Africa
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 8:1163-75. 2010.... - Acceptability of donated breast milk in a resource limited South African settingIrene Coutsoudis
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
Int Breastfeed J 6:3. 2011..abstract:.. - Breastfeeding and the HIV positive mother: the debate continuesAnna Coutsoudis
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Room 261, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Private Bag 7, Congella 4013, South Africa
Early Hum Dev 81:87-93. 2005..Anti-retroviral therapy to the mother and/or infant is likely to offer the possibility of maintaining breastfeeding as a safe option for HIV-infected women... - Impact of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis on the health of breast-fed, HIV-exposed, HIV-negative infants in a resource-limited settingAnna Coutsoudis
Department Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Family and Public Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
AIDS 25:1797-9. 2011..71, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.39-1.26; P = 0.241] but an increased incidence of diarrhoea (IRR = 1.38, 95% CI 0.98-1.94; P = 0.065). The guidelines should be reconsidered by conducting a randomized control trial... - HIV, infant feeding and more perils for poor people: new WHO guidelines encourage review of formula milk policiesAnna Coutsoudis
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Bull World Health Organ 86:210-4. 2008..Exclusive breastfeeding, which is threatened by the HIV epidemic, remains an unfailing anchor of child survival... - Infant feeding, HIV transmission and mortality at 18 months: the need for appropriate choices by mothers and prioritization within programmesNigel C Rollins
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Congella, South Africa
AIDS 22:2349-57. 2008..To determine the late HIV transmission and survival risks associated with early infant feeding practices... - Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life: an intervention cohort studyHoosen M Coovadia
Centre for HIV AIDS Networking, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Lancet 369:1107-16. 2007..We assessed the HIV-1 transmission risks and survival associated with exclusive breastfeeding and other types of infant feeding... - Duration, pattern of breastfeeding and postnatal transmission of HIV: pooled analysis of individual data from West and South African cohortsRenaud Becquet
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Somkhele, South Africa
PLoS ONE 4:e7397. 2009..Both breastfeeding pattern and duration are associated with postnatal HIV acquisition; their relative contribution has not been reliably quantified... - Breastfeeding in HIV exposed infants significantly improves child health: a prospective studyGurpreet Kindra
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Room 257, DDMRI Building, Congella, Durban 4013, South Africa
Matern Child Health J 16:632-40. 2012..Mothers are still choosing formula feeding inappropriately despite counselling about the AFASS criteria. Breastfeeding is beneficial to the infants especially in the first 3 months of life... - Short communication: CD4 counts of HIV-infected pregnant women and their infected children--implications for PMTCT and treatment programmesAnkie Lebon
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Trop Med Int Health 12:1472-4. 2007..The antenatal-postnatal divide needs to be bridged with respect to the follow-up of both HIV-infected women and their exposed infants... - Intervention to promote exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months of life in a high HIV prevalence areaRuth M Bland
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Mtubatuba, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
AIDS 22:883-91. 2008..We report on a nonrandomized intervention cohort study to increase exclusive breast-feeding rates for 6 months after delivery in HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa... - Breastfeeding, HIV status and weights in South African children: a comparison of HIV-exposed and unexposed childrenDeven Patel
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Mtubatuba, KwaZulu Natal 3935, South Africa
AIDS 24:437-45. 2010..To examine growth of children by maternal and infant HIV status allowing for infant feeding mode... - Scaling-up exclusive breastfeeding support programmes: the example of KwaZulu-NatalChris Desmond
Human Sciences Research Council, Durban, South Africa
PLoS ONE 3:e2454. 2008..We present a costing and cost effectiveness analysis of a successful intervention to promote EBF in high HIV prevalence area in South Africa, and implications for scale-up in the province of KwaZulu-Natal... - Women's morbidity and mortality in the first 2 years after delivery according to HIV statusAnna Coutsoudis
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
AIDS 24:2859-66. 2010..Better knowledge of the impact of HIV status on morbidity and mortality patterns of women after delivery is important to improve clinical and policy recommendations... - Effect of nutritional supplementation of breastfeeding HIV positive mothers on maternal and child health: findings from a randomized controlled clinical trialGurpreet Kindra
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Room 257, DDMRI Building, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Congella 4013, Durban, South Africa
BMC Public Health 11:946. 2011.... - HIV, infant feeding, and survival: old wine in new bottles, but brimming with promiseHoosen M Coovadia
Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwazulu/Natal, 719 Umbilo Road, Congella 4013, South Africa
AIDS 21:1837-40. 2007 - Pregnancy outcomes in HIV-infected and uninfected women in rural and urban South AfricaNigel C Rollins
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Congella 4013, South Africa
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:321-8. 2007..To describe pregnancy outcomes among clade C HIV-infected and uninfected women in South Africa... - Breastfeeding and risk of HIV transmission: an updateAnna Coutsoudis
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Natal, South Africa
Forum Nutr 56:162-4. 2003 - Breastfeeding and HIVAnna Coutsoudis
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Room 261, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Private Bag 7, Congella 4013, South Africa
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 19:185-96. 2005..The research agenda is very full as many questions still remain unanswered... - GB virus type C coinfection in HIV-infected African mothers and their infants, KwaZulu Natal, South AfricaMahomed A Sathar
Department of Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Natal, Congella, Durban, South Africa
Clin Infect Dis 38:405-9. 2004..The immunological indices measured tend to suggest an association with protection and or delayed progression of HIV disease in GBV-C-infected mothers... - Feasibility and safety of setting up a donor breastmilk bank in a neonatal prem unit in a resource limited setting: An observational, longitudinal cohort studyIrene Coutsoudis
Department Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
BMC Public Health 11:356. 2011..In addition we sought to determine whether donor breastmilk could be safely pasteurized and administered to infants without any adverse events... - Breast-feeding and HIV transmission: the jury is still outAnna Coutsoudis
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Natal, Private Bag 7, Congella 4013, South Africa
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 36:434-42. 2003 - Breastmilk RNA viral load in HIV-infected South African women: effects of subclinical mastitis and infant feedingJuana F Willumsen
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
AIDS 17:407-14. 2003..Multivariate models had limited predictive value for milk RNA viral load, illustrating the multiple contributors to viral load... - Vertical HIV transmission in South Africa: translating research into policy and practiceSalim Abdool Karim
University of Natal, 4041, South Africa
Lancet 359:992-3. 2002 - Flash-heat inactivation of HIV-1 in human milk: a potential method to reduce postnatal transmission in developing countriesKiersten Israel-Ballard
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 45:318-23. 2007..The World Health Organization recommends heat-treated breast milk as an infant-feeding alternative. We investigated the ability of a simple method, flash-heat, to inactivate HIV in breast milk from HIV-positive mothers... - The prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme and infant feeding practicesAnna Coutsoudis
S Afr Med J 94:70. 2004 - Late postnatal transmission of HIV-1 in breast-fed children: an individual patient data meta-analysisAnna Coutsoudis
J Infect Dis 189:2154-66. 2004..Biological and cultural mechanisms underlying the association between sex and late postnatal transmission should be further investigated. Interventions to decrease transmission of HIV-1 through breast-feeding are urgently needed... - Antiretroviral prophylaxis to reduce breast-milk HIV-1 transmissionHoosen M Coovadia
N Engl J Med 359:1846; author reply 1848. 2008 - Vitamin content of breast milk from HIV-1-infected mothers before and after flash-heat treatmentKiersten A Israel-Ballard
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 2516 Stockton Boulevard, Room 334, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 48:444-9. 2008..Flash-heat is a simple heat treatment method shown to inactivate cell-free HIV... - Reply to 'Mode of infant feeding and HIV infection in children in a program for prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Uganda' by Magoni et alAnna Coutsoudis
AIDS 19:1718-9; author reply 1720-1. 2005 - Synergy between mannose-binding lectin gene polymorphisms and supplementation with vitamin A influences susceptibility to HIV infection in infants born to HIV-positive mothersLouise Kuhn
Gertrude H Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:610-5. 2006..Mannose-binding lectin (MBL-2) allele variants are associated with deficiencies in innate immunity and have been found to be correlated with HIV infection in adults and children... - Exclusive breast-feeding and HIV transmissionAnna Coutsoudis
AIDS 16:498-9. 2002 - Preventing postnatal transmission of HIV-1 through breast-feeding: modifying infant feeding practicesNigel Rollins
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, Mtubatuba, South Africa
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 35:188-95. 2004..This may inform policy, programming, and training options and may be especially valuable in the absence of conclusive data on the efficacy of the interventions to be applied during the breast-feeding period...