Breast milk as a possible route of vertical transmission of dengue virus?

Anne Barthel (1) , Ann-Claire Gourinat (1) , Cécile Cazorla (2) , Corinne Joubert (3) , Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol (1) , Elodie Descloux (2)

1 Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Territorial Hospital Centre of New Caledonia
3 Pediatrics Department

We report a case of vertical transmission of dengue infection. The virus was detected and quantified by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction in sequential blood samples from mother and child as well as in breast milk, but not in cord blood. This case poses questions about the risk of breastfeeding transmission of dengue virus.

Domaines: Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire

Anne Barthel, Ann-Claire Gourinat, Cécile Cazorla, Corinne Joubert, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, et al.. Breast milk as a possible route of vertical transmission of dengue virus?. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2013, 57 (3), pp.415-7. ⟨10.1093/cid/cit227⟩. ⟨pasteur-01017698⟩