Breastfeeding and AIDS

23 患爱滋病的母亲不宜母乳喂养婴儿

DATE=3-19-01
TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Breastfeeding and AIDS
BYLINE=Jill Moss 1

(Start at 1'00")This is a the VOA Special English Development Report.
Some scientists believe that a mother with the disease 2 (1)AIDS who breastfeeds her baby increases the baby's chance of getting the disease. However, a new report has found that women infected with the AIDS (2)virus put their babies in greater danger by not breastfeeding them.
Michael Latham is a professor of international (3)nutrition at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He and another expert went to Africa last year to examine AIDS programs and policies. The two scientists spoke 3 with government and non-government (4)officials in Kenya, Uganda, (5)Namibia and (6)Botswana. They discovered an unnecessary fear that breastfeeding causes higher cases of the H-I-V AIDS virus among babies. Instead, Mister 4 Latham says only three to six percent of babies are likely to become infected if they receive breast milk from an infected mother.
Peter Lamptey leads AIDS prevention programs for an international public health organization in North Carolina. He says another study has results similar to Mister Latham's report. The study was done in South Africa in Nineteen-Ninety-Nine among mothers with H-I-V and their babies. The researches discovered that a baby's chances of getting H-I-V depends on what the baby is fed.
The study found that only eight percent of babies given only breast milk in their first three months of life became infected with the AIDS virus. Thirteen percent of babies given only processed milk for babies, or (7)formula 5, became infected. But twenty percent of babies who were given both formula and breast milk became infected with H-I-V.
Doctors call this last method "mixed feeding." They say it may cause AIDS to be (8)spread quickly from mother to baby for two reasons. First, formula may damage the walls of the baby's (9)intestine 6. Second, the breast milk of a mother with H-I-V can cause her baby's intestine to become even more infected.
Instead of "mixed feeding," doctors say breast milk is the best way to protect against the AIDS virus. Even if the mother is infected, her body (10)develops (11)antibodies against the disease that are passed on to her baby.
Experts say more studies are needed. However, Mister Latham hopes his research will teach mothers with AIDS that breastfeeding is a safe and helpful (12)process.
This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss.

 
(1) AIDS[eIdz]abbr.爱滋病, 获得性免疫功能丧失综合症(Acquired Immure 7 Deficiency 8 Syndrome)
(2) virus[ 5vaiErEs ]n.[微]病毒, 滤过性微生物, 毒害, 恶毒
(3) nutrition[ nju:5triFEn ]n.营养, 营养学
(4) official[ E5fiFEl ]n.官员, 公务员adj.职务上的, 公务的, 官方的, 正式的
(5) Namibia[ nE5mi:biE ]n. 纳米比亚
(6) Botswana[ bCt5swB:nE ]n.博茨瓦纳(位于南非共和国内,于1966年独立)
(7) formula[ 5fC:mjulE ]n.公式, 规则, 客套语
(8) spread[ spred ]n.伸展, 展开, 传播, 蔓延, 酒席, 宴会, 桌布v.伸展, 展开, 铺, 涂, 敷, 摆, 传播, 散布
(9) intestine[ in5testin ]adj.内部的, 国内的n.[解, 动]肠
(10) develop[ di5velEp ]vt.发展, 发达, 发扬, 进步, 逐步展开(情节,音乐主题,方程式等)洗印, 显影vi.发展, 生长, 发育, 逐步显示出来
(11) antibody[ 5Anti7bCdi ]n.抗体
(12) process[ prE5ses ]n.过程, 作用, 方法, 程序, 步骤, 进行, 推移vt.加工, 处理