Detection of echovirus 18 in human breast milk.
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.
Maus
Marcela V
MV
Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Posencheg
Michael A
MA
Geddes
Kristin
K
Elkan
Michael
M
Peñaranda
Silvia
S
Oberste
M Steven
MS
Hodinka
Richard L
RL
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*
D012367:RNA, Viral