> From: landeregg <[log in to unmask]>
>
> I heard a blurb about this on the news tonight but didn't catch the report.
> The CDC just issued this report:
>
> http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5139a1.htm
>
> Linda Anderegg, RNC, IBCLC
> Chicago
>

If I've read this report correctly, the infant has tested positive to West
Nile Virus IgM antibodies. In their comment below the report, the MMWR
editors cite Lawrence and say IgM antibody transfer through breastmilk is
inefficient, and they therefore conclude the infant is producing independent
IgM antibodies to the virus itself and thus must be infected with West Nile
Virus.

Did I get this right? Does anyone else think this is a big leap for the CDC
to be making, or is it truly unlikely that those antibodies came from the
breastmilk?

-- Jodine Chase

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