>ABCNEWS.com : First Pre-Birth West Nile Case Confirmed

>SYRACUSE, N.Y. Dec. 19  2002

>A month-old baby with West Nile virus was infected before she was born in the
>country's first documented intrauterine transmission of the disease, according
>to health officials.

>The case surprised health officials who had believed the virus could not be
>passed from pregnant mothers to their unborn children....

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20021219_779.html

Of note, the news article (which is a widely-carried Associated Press wire
report) refers to the transmission of WNV via breastmilk, noting "a case of
West Nile in a Michigan infant." In fact the CDC's MMWR report indicated the
infant was found with WNV antibodies, the breastmilk was found with
antibodies and viral fragments, and the infant was/is healthy.

Jodine Chase

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