This is a resend of an earlier post with a title for CMV.
Consider Dr. Larry Gartner's perspective on CMV...At the Viral Transmission
session of the  LLLI conference this July in Wash, DC Dr. Gartner stated
that "CMV is readily transmitted in breastmilk; HOWEVER, breastfeeding is
not contraindicated.  In fact, the only time this is a problem is when the
CMV is a primary infection that occurs during pregnancy which may cause
deformities (similar to with German Measles).  So, there is actually an
advantage of the CMV transmission in small doses through the breastmilk
because passive immunity and minimally symptomatic infection occurs in the
babies such that they do not grow into adults without this immunity."
Gartner believes that this is nature's way of protecting the population
from having adult pregnant women exposed.

Minamishima, I Ueda, K, Minematsu T e al. "Role of breastmilk in
acquisition of cytomegalovirus infection."  Microbiol Immuno 1994; 38:
549-552.

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