title: Cytomegalovirus in breast milk of Swedish milk donors.
abstract: 81 milk samples collected from 35 donors 3 days to 7 months after delivery were examined for the occurrence of cytomegalovirus (CMV). 30/35 (89%) of the women were seropositive to CMV. The virus was only found in samples from seropositive women collected greater than 8 days to less than 3 months after partus. During this period milk from 23 seropositive donors were tested; 16/23 (70%) excreted CMV. CMV is evidently a very common finding in the milk of seropositive mothers.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ahlfors
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ivarsson
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral