Transmission of Zika virus through breast milk and other breastfeeding-related bodily-fluids: A systematic review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Colt, Susannah ^a   Garcia Casal, Maria N ^b   Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo ^b   Finkelstein, Julia L ^a   Rayco Solon, Pura ^b   Weise Prinzo, Zita C ^b   Mehta, Saurabh ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY FLUID; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST MILK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEAT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEST NILE FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MICROCEPHALY; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85019028020     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005528     Document Type: Article

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