title: Breast milk as a possible route of vertical transmission of dengue virus?
abstract: We report a case of vertical transmission of dengue infection. The virus was detected and quantified by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction in sequential blood samples from mother and child as well as in breast milk, but not in cord blood. This case poses questions about the risk of breastfeeding transmission of dengue virus.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, 9-11 avenue Paul Doumer–BP 61, 98845 Noumea Cedex, Nouvelle Calédonie. barthel.anne@gmail.com
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barthel
authors.forename: Ann-Claire
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gourinat
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cazorla
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Joubert
authors.forename: Myrielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dupont-Rouzeyrol
authors.forename: Elodie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Descloux
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000821:virology; D003715:Dengue / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000821:virology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: breast milk; breastfeeding; dengue virus; newborn; vertical transmission