title: [Neutralizing activity against herpes simplex in maternal milk].
abstract: Human milk could play a role in the protection of the newborn from Herpes simplex virus 2 contamination. Neutralizing activity against Herpes simplex virus 2 was measured in 94 human milk samples and in 31 sera from healthy women. A weak neutralizing activity was detected in 48 milk samples. They were neither correlated to anti-Herpes simplex virus antibodies found in milk, nor to the neutralizing activity in sera. The origin and non immunologic nature of this activity are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Virologie, CHRU de Caen.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quibriac
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petitjean
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bazin
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Duhamel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Freymuth
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G
vernacular_title: Activité neutralisante antivirus herpès simplex dans le lait maternel.