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From: heather@arch3.att.com (Heather C Dee)
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Subject: Re: (2340) Transmission via ingestion of HIV
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Date: 8 Aug 90 13:28:07 GMT
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In article <37808@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, EL407007%BROWNVM.BITNET@oac.ucla.edu (Bill Sklar) writes:
> 
> We know that stomach acid kills HIV, and at one point I *thought* that
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I learned recently that babies have been infected with HIV from
infected mothers' breast milk.  But we were told it's due to
the *large* quantity of the milk that is consumed (so this wouldn't
be confused with infection from kissing, etc., which simply isn't true).

Heather Dee