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Case Reports
. 2013 Aug;57(3):415-7.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cit227. Epub 2013 Apr 10.

Breast milk as a possible route of vertical transmission of dengue virus?

Anne Barthel  1 , Ann-Claire Gourinat, Cécile Cazorla, Corinne Joubert, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Elodie Descloux
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Breast milk as a possible route of vertical transmission of dengue virus?

Anne Barthel et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Aug.

Abstract

We report a case of vertical transmission of dengue infection. The virus was detected and quantified by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction in sequential blood samples from mother and child as well as in breast milk, but not in cord blood. This case poses questions about the risk of breastfeeding transmission of dengue virus.

Keywords: breast milk; breastfeeding; dengue virus; newborn; vertical transmission.

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