>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 *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html