Abstract

In Chile, the incorporation of the protocol for the prevention of vertical transmission (VTPP) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in pregnant women, has reduced HIV transmission in children to less than 2%. Thus, currently the detection of HIV-infected children is uncommon. So, in front a case, compliance with the VTPP must be audited. If it was fully complied, other possible mechanism of HIV transmission should be reviewed. A case is presented in which, having discarded the common causes of contagion, HIV may have been transmitted through the consumption of pre-masked food by an HIV infected person, in this case the mother.

Keywords

HIV, vertical transmission, pre-mastication, vertical transmission