CMV acquisition in premature infants fed human milk: Reason to worry?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 297-298

  Schanler, Richard J ^a,b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

BABY FOOD; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DETERIORATION; EDITORIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 18444383708     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211281     Document Type: Editorial

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