First Detection of Chikungunya Virus in Breast Milk. Issue 10 (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Campos, Gubio Soares; Albuquerque Bandeira, Antonio Carlos; Diniz Rocha, Verônica França; Dias, Juarez Pereira; Carvalho, Rejane Hughes; Sardi, Silvia Ines
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 36:Issue 10(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: chikungunya -- breast milk -- chikungunya infection; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001658
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

Abstract : Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has never been detected in human breast milk. This is a brief report of CHIKV infection in a breastfeeding woman of a 3-month-old baby. The mother's CHIKV-RT PCR was positive in serum, urine and milk. The baby's CHIKV serology and reverse transcription polimerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were negative. The detection of CHIKV in milk raises clinical and epidemiologic questions.