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.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Breast Feeding
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Echovirus Infections / transmission*
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Echovirus Infections / virology
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Enterovirus B, Human / isolation & purification*
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Female
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Infant, Premature
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Infant, Premature, Diseases / virology*
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
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Milk, Human / virology*
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
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RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
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Sepsis / virology*