First Detection of Chikungunya Virus in Breast Milk
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Published on: March 13, 2018
Gubio Soares Campos1, Antonio Carlos Albuquerque Bandeira, Verônica França Diniz Rocha
1From the *Virology Laboratory, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil; †Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciencias Medical School, Salvador, Brazil; ‡Microbiology, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil; and §Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil.
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.
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.
