Carol:

  r lawrence: "postnatal transmission is believed to occure through
aerosolized virus from skin lesions or the respirattory tract entering the
susceptible infant's respiratory tract. airborne precautions are therefore
appropriate"  "vzv virus has not been cultured form milk. .. "expressed
breast milk can be given to the infant if no skin lesions involve the breast"
"isolation of the infant from the mother and interruprion of breastfeeding
sjpi;d pccire pm;u twhile the mother remains clinically infections"

  pages 586 -7

   Patricia

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