Breast Milk as a Possible Route of Vertical Transmission of Dengue Virus?

2013107 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Anne Barthel · Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Calédonie

Ann-Claire Gourinat

Cécile Cazorla

Corinne Joubert · Centre Hospitalier Territorial de Nouvelle-Calédonie

Myrielle Dupont‐Rouzeyrol · Institut Pasteur

Élodie Descloux

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.

Topics & Keywords

Mosquito-borne diseases and control Viral Infections and Vectors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 57, Issue 3, pp. 415-417

DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit227

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