title: Acquired cytomegalovirus infection of breast milk in infancy.
abstract: A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the rate of cytomegalovirus (CMV) shedding through breast feeding and the rate of acquired infection by the infants. Among the 104 seropositive breast-feeding mothers, CMV was recovered in the milk in 19 cases, with a milk shedding rate of 18.3%. Isolation of CMV from the urine of the infants of the 188 seropositive mothers found 36 positive cases. Of the 36 cases, 15 of 19 fed on CMV-positive milk were infected through breast-feeding, with an infection rate of 78.9%; 11 of the 85 fed on CMV-negative milk were infected, the infection rate being 12.9%; and 10 (11.9%) of 84 fed on cow's milk were infected. These demonstrate that the rate of infection in infants fed on virus-positive milk was significantly higher than those fed on virus-negative milk or cow's milk (P less than 0.005).
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*