Mother-to-Child Transmission of Andes Virus through Breast Milk, Chile

Andes virus (ANDV) is the only hantavirus transmitted between humans through close contact. We detected the genome and proteins of ANDV in breast milk cells from an infected mother in Chile who transmitted the virus to her child, suggesting gastrointestinal infection through breast milk as a route o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ferrés, Marcela, Martínez-Valdebenito, Constanza, Angulo, Jenniffer, Henríquez, Carolina, Vera-Otárola, Jorge, Vergara, María José, Pérez, Javier, Fernández, Jorge, Sotomayor, Viviana, Valdés, María Francisca, González-Candia, Diego, Tischler, Nicole D., Vial, Cecilia, Vial, Pablo, Mertz, Gregory, Le Corre, Nicole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32687024
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.200204
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Sumario:Andes virus (ANDV) is the only hantavirus transmitted between humans through close contact. We detected the genome and proteins of ANDV in breast milk cells from an infected mother in Chile who transmitted the virus to her child, suggesting gastrointestinal infection through breast milk as a route of ANDV person-to-person transmission.

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