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Characteristics of scenarios considered in modeling the potential impact of different breast-feeding recommendations in children born to HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa |
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| Idealistic scenarios |
Realistic* scenarios |
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| Recommendation |
All infants not breast-fed (U) |
All infants exclusively breast-fed for 6 months (V) |
All infants exclusively breast-fed for 4 months (W) |
All infants not breast-fed (X) |
All infants exclusively breast-fed for 6 months (Y) |
All infants exclusively breast-fed for 4 months (Z) |
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| Proportion Not breast-fed (f) |
1.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.70 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Proportion exclusively breast-fed (b) |
0.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
0.85 |
0.85 |
| Proportion on mixed-feeding (m) |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.30 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
| Recommended breast-feeding duration (1/δ months) |
NA |
6 |
4 |
NA |
6 |
4 |
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* Realistic scenarios assume 85% compliance in exclusively breast-fed infants and 70% compliance in replacement-fed infants [21–23]. | ||||||
Atashili et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:66 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-66 |
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