Good evening,

I just got a call from a mother of a two week old baby. She was in contact
with feces of a fox (don't ask me why a woman has do mow the lawn two weeks
postpartum) and now is afraid she could be infected.

Her doctor told her that echinococcus multilocularis is transmitted via
breastmilk. I searched the net and couldn't find anything about echinococcus
multilocularis and breastfeeding in humans but found a lot about the
transmission via breastmilk in animals.

Does anybody out there know something about the possible transmission?

Any information is greatly appreaciated. Thanks in advance.

Denise Both, IBCLC
Bavaria, Germany

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