title: Effect of freeze-thawing breast milk on vertical HTLV-I transmission from seropositive mothers to children.
abstract: Breast feeding is known to be a major cause of vertical transmission of HTLV-I from mothers to her children. The infectiousness of HTLV-I in breast milk was reported to be lost during freezing and thawing processes. We therefore administered frozen-and-thawed breast milk of HTLV-I carriers to their babies. Among the 13 babies given the frozen-and-thawed breast milk (now 12 months of age), no infection has been found yet. This result suggests that freezing and thawing of breast milk is a promising method for the prevention of vertical HTLV-I infection to breast-fed babies.
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nara Medical University.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kakimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanigawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ichijo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toyama
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D005615:Freezing; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy