Evidence for Mother-to-Child Transmission of Zika Virus Through Breast Milk.

Authors :: Blohm GM
Lednicky JA
Márquez M
White SK
Loeb JC
Pacheco CA
Nolan DJ
Paisie T
Salemi M
Rodríguez-Morales AJ
Glenn Morris J Jr
Pulliam JRC
Paniz-Mondolfi AE
Source :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2018 Mar 19; Vol. 66 (7), pp. 1120-1121.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: Zikavirus (ZIKV) is an emerging viral pathogen that continues to spread throughout different regions of the world. Herein we report a case that provides further evidence that ZIKV transmission can occur through breastfeeding by providing a detailed clinical, genomic, and virological case-based description.

Subjects :: Adult
Female
Genome, Viral
Humans
Infant
Mothers
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Venezuela
Zika Virus genetics
Zika Virus isolation & purification
Breast Feeding adverse effects
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Milk, Human virology
Zika Virus Infection transmission

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1537-6591
Volume :: 66
Issue :: 7
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 29300859
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix968