title: Human papillomavirus DNA detected in breast milk.
abstract: Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing of 223 breast milk samples 3 days postpartum was performed with polymerase chain reaction, hybridization, and sequencing. HPV-16-DNA was detected in 4.0% of the samples. HPV carriage in the breast milk was not correlated with mother's oral or cervical HPV-status or the demographic data. Oral HPV-infection of the spouse at month 6 and 12 postpartum was statistically significantly associated with HPV carriage in the breast milk.
authors.affiliation: MediCity Research Laboratory, Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Marja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarkola
authors.forename: Marjut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rintala
authors.forename: Seija
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grénman
authors.forename: Stina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Syrjänen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D052162:Human papillomavirus 16 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000821:virology*; D009035:Mothers; D009055:Mouth / Q000821:virology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral