Should HEV infected mothers breast feed?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-20

  Chibber, Rachana M ^a   Usmani, M Assad ^b   Al Sibai, Mohammed H ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Close contact; HEV; HEV RNA; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT INFECTION; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PUERPERIUM; SAFETY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 3142697272     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-002-0466-5     Document Type: Article

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