Sally, Who Is Pregnant, Tests HIV-Positive

question 119

Multiple Choice

Sally, who is pregnant, tests HIV-positive. When her daughter Jesse is born, she does not have the HIV virus. Sally's doctor is most likely to tell her

• A) she should breast feed her daughter so she can benefit from natural immunities to infection that breast milk often provides.
• B) she should not breast feed her daughter, as she might transmit the HIV virus through her breast milk.
• C) she and her daughter are very fortunate, and she need no longer worry about transmitting the virus to her.
• D) since she did not transmit the HIV virus to this child, it is unlikely that she would transmit the virus to another child, should she become pregnant again.

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