Cytomegalovirus infection via mother's milk: Could distinct virus strains determine different disease patterns in preterm twins?

New Microbiologica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-135

  Lanari, Marcello ^a   Capretti, Maria Grazia ^a   Lazzarotto, Tiziana ^b   Gabrielli, Liliana ^b   Pignatelli, Sara ^b,d   Dal Monte, Paola ^b   Landini, Maria Paola ^b   Faldella, Giacomo ^a,c  

^a Department of Gynecological Ostetrical and Pediatric Sciences

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Microbiology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus infection; Mother's milk; Twins; Very low birth weight infants; Virus strains

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; TWINS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; TWINS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 41049109375     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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