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I just have the question a few days ago.

Microbiol Immunol. 1997;41(4):309-12

Breast milk is not a significant source for early Epstein-Barr virus or
human herpesvirus 6 infection in infants: a seroepidemiologic study in 2
endemic areas of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I in Japan.

Kusuhara K, Takabayashi A, Ueda K, Hidaka Y, Minamishima I, Take H, Fujioka
K, Imai S, Osato T.

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University,
Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.

In order to evaluate the possibility of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human
herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) transmission via breast milk, a total of 331 serum
specimens collected from bottle-fed and breast-fed children and their
mothers, in 2 endemic areas of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I
(HTLV-I) in Japan, were assayed for antibodies to EBV and HHV-6. The
seroprevalences of EBV and HHV-6 were over 95% both in the mothers of
bottle-fed children and in those of breast-fed children. The seroprevalence
of EBV at 12-23 months of age was 54.5% (36/66) and 55.8% (24/43) in
breast-fed children and bottle-fed children, respectively. The
seroprevalence of HHV-6 at 12-23 months of age was 90.9% (60/66) and 93.0%
(40/43) in breast-fed children and bottle-fed children, respectively. No
difference was observed between the seroprevalences of EBV and HHV-6 in
breast-fed and bottle-fed children at 12-23 months of age. Our
seroepidemiologic data indicate that breast milk is not a significant source
of early EBV or HHV-6 infection in infancy.



Kindly

Françoise Railhet

Manager of the LLL France Medical Associates Program

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