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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr;22(4):759-60.
doi: 10.3201/eid2204.151880.

Ebola Virus in Breast Milk in an Ebola Virus-Positive Mother with Twin Babies, Guinea, 2015

Helena Nordenstedt, Elhadj Ibrahima Bah, Marc-Antoine de la Vega, Mamadou Barry, Magassouba N'Faly, Moumié Barry, Beatrice Crahay, Tom Decroo, Michel Van Herp, Brecht Ingelbeen
Case Reports

Ebola Virus in Breast Milk in an Ebola Virus-Positive Mother with Twin Babies, Guinea, 2015

Helena Nordenstedt et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; Guinea; breast milk; lactating; outbreak; transmission; twins; virus; viruses.

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