Transmission of West Nile virus through human breast milk seems to be rare

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hinckley, Alison F ^a,b   O'Leary, Daniel R ^a   Hayes, Edward B ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Epidemiology; Flavivirus; Milk; Perinatal transmission; Pregnancy; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; WEST NILE VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33947133597     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2107     Document Type: Article

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