Case report: Probable transmission of vaccine strain of yellow fever virus to an infant via breast milk

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kuhn, Susan ^a,b   Twele Montecinos, Loreto ^a   MacDonald, Judy ^b,c   Webster, Patricia ^c   Law, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INACTIVATED VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VAGINA SMEAR; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 79952319151     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100619     Document Type: Article

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