Hi Gonneke,
I had Pfeiffer a few months ago and was told by my family doctor who saw no
problem with breastfeeding, just as did I at the time. I figured that I'd
got it from some other kid via one of my son's (pure speculation) and that
daughter was already exposed anyway and would of course benefit from the
breastmilk. But being a person who can never leave it at that, I decided to
see what was in the literature. The only useful reference (outside the HIV
research & EBV / HHV-6) I could find was the following. It;s complicated by
the study being done in a population endemic with HTLV-1, and I don't have a
clue whether the results can be extrapolated back to a normal population of
mothers/infants???? My guess is yes though. Don't think Pfeiffer is a
problem with breastfeeding - except feeling like death warmed up for a week
when it takes hold :-(
groetjes
Sara Bernard, The Netherlands
(also out of lurkdom after computer problems!)
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 seroprevalenc
e 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.
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