title: Detection of echovirus 18 in human breast milk.
abstract: We detected enteroviral RNA and cultured infectious virus from a series of banked breast milk samples from the mother of an infant with neonatal sepsis; sequencing of the enterovirus isolate identified it as echovirus type 18. In this case, it is possible that enterovirus transmission occurred through the breast milk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Marcela V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Maus
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Posencheg
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Geddes
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elkan
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peñaranda
authors.forename: M Steven
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Oberste
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hodinka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004457:Echovirus Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000821:virology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000821:virology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018805:Sepsis / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral