Evidence for Mother-to-Child Transmission of Zika Virus Through Breast Milk

Gabriela M Blohm; John A Lednicky; Marilianna Márquez; Sarah K White; Julia C Loeb; Carlos A Pacheco; David J Nolan; Taylor Paisie; Marco Salemi; Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales; J Glenn Morris Jr; Juliet R C Pulliam; Alberto E Paniz-Mondolfi

doi:10.1093/cid/cix968

Evidence for Mother-to-Child Transmission of Zika Virus Through Breast Milk

Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 19;66(7):1120-1121. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix968.

Authors

Gabriela M Blohm^{1

2

3}, John A Lednicky^{1

2}, Marilianna Márquez^{3

4}, Sarah K White^{1

2}, Julia C Loeb^{1

2}, Carlos A Pacheco⁵, David J Nolan^{2

6

7}, Taylor Paisie^{2

6}, Marco Salemi^{2

6}, Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales⁸, J Glenn Morris Jr^{2

9}, Juliet R C Pulliam^{2

10}, Alberto E Paniz-Mondolfi^{3

11}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville.
² Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville.
³ Infectious Diseases Research Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Lara, Venezuela.
⁴ Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Lara, Venezuela.
⁵ Policlínica Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela.
⁶ Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville.
⁷ Bioinfoexperts LLC, Thibodaux, Louisiana.
⁸ Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia.
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville.
¹⁰ DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch, South Africa.
¹¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Instituto Diagnóstico Barquisimeto, IDB Biomedical Research Institute, Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela.

Abstract

Zikavirus (ZIKV) is an emerging viral pathogen that continues to spread throughout different regions of the world. Herein we report a case that provides further evidence that ZIKV transmission can occur through breastfeeding by providing a detailed clinical, genomic, and virological case-based description.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Breast Feeding / adverse effects*
Female
Genome, Viral
Humans
Infant
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
Milk, Human / virology*
Mothers
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Venezuela
Zika Virus / genetics
Zika Virus / isolation & purification
Zika Virus Infection / transmission*

Grants and funding

R01 AI126357/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States