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Case Reports
. 2008 Mar;46(3):1137-40.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01991-07. Epub 2008 Jan 16.

Detection of echovirus 18 in human breast milk

Marcela V Maus  1 , Michael A Posencheg, Kristin Geddes, Michael Elkan, Silvia Peñaranda, M Steven Oberste, Richard L Hodinka
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Detection of echovirus 18 in human breast milk

Marcela V Maus et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Mar.

Abstract

We detected enteroviral RNA and cultured infectious virus from a series of banked breast milk samples from the mother of an infant with neonatal sepsis; sequencing of the enterovirus isolate identified it as echovirus type 18. In this case, it is possible that enterovirus transmission occurred through the breast milk.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Timeline of symptomatic illness in an infant patient and her family members. Left y axis, C-reactive protein (mg/dl) values in the infant's blood (○) with respect to time. Right y axis, echovirus type 18 RNA load (copies/ml) as determined by quantitative real-time PCR (⧫) with respect to time.
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