[Neutralizing activity against herpes simplex in maternal milk].
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.
Lopez
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Laboratoire de Virologie, CHRU de Caen.
Quibriac
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M
Petitjean
J
J
Bazin
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M
Duhamel
J F
JF
Freymuth
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F
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*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G
Activité neutralisante antivirus herpès simplex dans le lait maternel.