High cytomegalovirus load and prolonged virus excretion in breast milk increase risk for viral acquisition by very low birth weight infants

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 891-894

  Jim, Wai Tim ^a,b,c   Shu, Chyong Hsin ^a   Chiu, Nan Chang ^c,d   Chang, Jui Hsing ^a   Hung, Han Yang ^a   Peng, Chun Chih ^a   Kao, Hsin An ^a   Wei, Tsai Yin ^a   Chiang, Chia Lien ^a   Huang, Fu Yuan ^d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^d Div of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Human cytomegalovirus; Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction; Very low birth weight infant; Viral load

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DELIVERY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; INFANT; MOTHER; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; URINE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 70349696885     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a55c52     Document Type: Article

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