Ebola virus persistence in breast milk after no reported illness: A likely source of virus transmission from mother to child

  • Daouda Sissoko
  • , Mory Keïta
  • , Boubacar Diallo
  • , Negar Aliabadi
  • , David L. Fitter
  • , Benjamin A. Dahl
  • , Joseph Akoi Bore
  • , Fara Raymond Koundouno
  • , Katrin Singethan
  • , Sarah Meisel
  • , Theresa Enkirch
  • , Antonio Mazzarelli
  • , Victoria Amburgey
  • , Ousmane Faye
  • , Amadou Alpha Sall
  • , N'faly Magassouba
  • , Miles W. Carroll
  • , Xavier Anglaret
  • , Denis Malvy
  • , Pierre Formenty
  • Raymond Bruce Aylward, Sakoba Keïta, Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey, Nicholas J. Loman, Stephan Günther, Sophie Duraffour*
*Corresponding author for this work

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)513-516
    Number of pages4
    JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
    Volume64
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2017

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      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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