Pregnant women infected with HIV are more liekly to spread the virus to their children if they are carrying twins,according to a report in the journal AIDS.Laurent Mandelbrot of the University of Paris,and associates investigated mother-to-child spread of HIV in twins,compared with single twins,compared with single infants,born to HIV-infected mothers in the French Perinatal HIV Cohort.Before the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy,an effective combination of anti-HIV drugs,the mother-to-child HIV transmission rate in twin pregnancies was two to three times that in singleton pregnancies.
Banana Walnut Cake Ingredients: Bananas: 4 large Walnuts: 5-6 Butter or margarine: 10 tbsps Sugar: 3/4 cup Eggs: 3 Refined flour: 2 cups Baking powder: 1 tsp Baking soda: 1/4 tsp Coffee powder: 1 tsp Vanilla essence: 1 tsp Cinnamon powder: 1 tsp Lemon juice (freshly squeezed): 1tbsp Milk: 10 tbsps Method of preparation: 1. Shell walnuts and coarsely chop them. 2. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. 3. In a separate bowl break the eggs one at a time and beat them well. 4. Add the beaten eggs to the butter and sugar mixture and mix well. 5. Sieve flour with baking powder and baking soda. 6. Mix walnuts, vanilla essence, coffee powder and cinnamon in a bowl. 7. Mash the bananas, add lemon juice. Mix it in the nuts mixture. 8. Add the flour miture alternating with the banana mixture to the butter, sugar and egg mixture. Add milk. Mix lightly. 9. Pour the batter in a buttered, baking dish. Bake in a preheated oven at 175 deg C/350 deg F for about 1 hour
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