Breastfeeding in Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is potentially a fatal disease transmitted by tick bite, close contact with blood or tissues of infected humans or viraemic livestock. We present the clinical course of 2 breastfeeding women with CCHF and their babies. Both the mothers had positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for CCHF virus in blood and it was negative in breast milk. At follow-up, babies did not develop CCHF infection.
Erbay
Ayse
A
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. ayseerbay@gmail.com
Cevik
Mustafa Aydin
MA
Onguru
Pinar
P
Gözel
Gökhan
G
Akinci
Esragul
E
Kubar
Ayhan
A
Bodur
Hurrem
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005260:Female; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000821:virology; D014766:Viremia / Q000635:transmission