Effect of freeze-thawing breast milk on vertical HTLV-I transmission from seropositive mothers to children.
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.
Ando
Y
Y
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nara Medical University.
Kakimoto
K
K
Tanigawa
T
T
Furuki
K
K
Saito
K
K
Nakano
S
S
Hashimoto
H
H
Moriyama
I
I
Ichijo
M
M
Toyama
T
T
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