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		candiddevmike on July 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and ... You can get HIV from breast milk, it's not sterile.

folli on July 13, 2022 [–]

HIV is an infectious virus. Also, bacteria in milk is usually a sign of mastitis. I'm explicitly talking about healthy mothers.

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