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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan;39(1):68-69.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002496.

Detection of Wild-type Yellow Fever Virus in Breast Milk

Ana Freitas Ribeiro  1   2 , Lucas Mendes Cunha de Resende Brasil  1 , Renato Martins Prada  1 , Juliana Silva Nogueira  3 , Adriana Yurika Maeda  3 , Jaques Sztajnbok  1
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Case Reports

Detection of Wild-type Yellow Fever Virus in Breast Milk

Ana Freitas Ribeiro et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

Yellow fever is an endemic disease in tropical areas in America and Africa. We report a case where the wild-type yellow fever virus was detected in a breast milk sample of a 33-year-old woman, from a rural area in the municipality of São Paulo, thus highlighting a potential risk for transmission of yellow fever virus through breast-feeding.

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