Cytomegalovirus transmission to extremely low‐birthweight infants through breast milk

200565 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Shaheen Doctor · University of Toronto

S.A. Friedman · University of Toronto

Michael Dunn · Health Sciences Centre

Elizabeth Asztalos · Health Sciences Centre

Linda Wylie · Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

Tony Mazzulli · Mount Sinai Hospital

Mary Vearncombe ·

Abstract

Despite a very high CMV seropositivity rate in mothers of ELBW infants, and the previously reported high rate of CMV excretion into breast milk, the incidence of postnatal CMV transmission was extremely low in our study.

Topics & Keywords

Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Infant Nutrition and Health Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Acta Paediatrica

Volume 94, Issue 1, pp. 53-58

DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2005.tb01788.x

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