Abstract
A 9-month-old infant died from Ebola virus (EBOV) disease with unknown epidemiological link. While her parents did not report previous illness, laboratory investigations revealed persisting EBOV RNA in the mother's breast milk and the father's seminal fluid. Genomic analysis strongly suggests EBOV transmission to the child through breastfeeding.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 513-516 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Asymptomatic carriage
- Breast milk
- Ebola virus
- Mother-to-child transmission
- Real-time sequencing
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