High level of HBV DNA virus in the breast milk seems not to contraindicate breastfeeding
Concerns of possible risk of mother to child HBV transmission through breastfeeding arouse when mothers present high levels of HBV DNA in breast milk. Here we describe the case of an HIV-HBV coinfected mother who presents a highly replicative HBV infection postdelivery and showed high level of HBV D...
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| author | Ana Montoya-Ferrer Astrid Marina Zorrilla Johannes Viljoen Jean Pierre Moles Marie-Louise Newell Philippe Van de Perre Edouard Tuaillon |
| author_facet | Ana Montoya-Ferrer Astrid Marina Zorrilla Johannes Viljoen Jean Pierre Moles Marie-Louise Newell Philippe Van de Perre Edouard Tuaillon |
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| description | Concerns of possible risk of mother to child HBV transmission through breastfeeding arouse when mothers present high levels of HBV DNA in breast milk. Here we describe the case of an HIV-HBV coinfected mother who presents a highly replicative HBV infection postdelivery and showed high level of HBV DNA in breast milk. Despite cumulative exposure to HBV infectious particles during breastfeeding, the child, who had been correctly vaccinated, was not infected by HBV. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b48f3d0e78944318491925b4e91f5cf2022-12-21T17:17:14ZengMattioli1885Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062015-07-0171e2015042e201504210.4084/mjhid.2015.0421569High level of HBV DNA virus in the breast milk seems not to contraindicate breastfeedingAna Montoya-Ferrer0Astrid Marina Zorrilla1Johannes Viljoen2Jean Pierre Moles3Marie-Louise Newell4Philippe Van de Perre5Edouard Tuaillon6Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Montpellier, FranceUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesAfrica Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South AfricaUniversité Montpellier 1, Inserm U1058, Montpellier, FranceFaculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, SouthamptonDépartement de Bactériologie-Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, FranceDépartement de Bactériologie-Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, FranceConcerns of possible risk of mother to child HBV transmission through breastfeeding arouse when mothers present high levels of HBV DNA in breast milk. Here we describe the case of an HIV-HBV coinfected mother who presents a highly replicative HBV infection postdelivery and showed high level of HBV DNA in breast milk. Despite cumulative exposure to HBV infectious particles during breastfeeding, the child, who had been correctly vaccinated, was not infected by HBV.http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/2295hepatitis B virus, HIV, breastmilk, breastfeeding transmission, cumulative exposure |
| spellingShingle | Ana Montoya-Ferrer Astrid Marina Zorrilla Johannes Viljoen Jean Pierre Moles Marie-Louise Newell Philippe Van de Perre Edouard Tuaillon High level of HBV DNA virus in the breast milk seems not to contraindicate breastfeeding Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases hepatitis B virus, HIV, breastmilk, breastfeeding transmission, cumulative exposure |
| title | High level of HBV DNA virus in the breast milk seems not to contraindicate breastfeeding |
| title_full | High level of HBV DNA virus in the breast milk seems not to contraindicate breastfeeding |
| title_fullStr | High level of HBV DNA virus in the breast milk seems not to contraindicate breastfeeding |
| title_full_unstemmed | High level of HBV DNA virus in the breast milk seems not to contraindicate breastfeeding |
| title_short | High level of HBV DNA virus in the breast milk seems not to contraindicate breastfeeding |
| title_sort | high level of hbv dna virus in the breast milk seems not to contraindicate breastfeeding |
| topic | hepatitis B virus, HIV, breastmilk, breastfeeding transmission, cumulative exposure |
| url | http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/2295 |
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