Mother-to-Child Transmission of Andes Virus through Breast Milk, Chile1
Marcela Ferrés, Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito, Jenniffer Angulo, Carolina Henríquez, Jorge Vera‐Otarola, María José Vergara, Javier García Pérez, Jorge Onrubia Fernández, Viviana Sotomayor, María Francisca Valdés, Diego González-Candia, Nicole D. Tischler, Cecilia Vial, Pablo Vial, Grégory Mertz, Nicole Le Corre
Abstract
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.
Topics & Concepts
Breast milkVirologyTransmission (telecommunications)Breast feedingVirusBreastfeedingMedicineBiologyEnvironmental healthGeographyPediatricsTelecommunicationsComputer scienceBiochemistryViral Infections and VectorsViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchVector-Borne Animal Diseases