lois: when i lived in georgia i spoke with one of the physicians from the cdc who went to russia after that incident ( the baby's having been infected and the mother's contracting from the babies). I contacted him as I was working with a mother adopting who wanted th bf and was concern. he felt that a) there were many pieces of the incident in russia that we in the states were not and would not become privy to but the "real" picture was very different from the published one ( this is rather usual) and he further felt that the mom was not at significant risk. patricia