Look who asked me to post this- > >>From: "Carlos Gonzalez" <[log in to unmask]>l> >>Subject: RE: no!no!no!NOOOOOOO!!!!! >>Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 18:06:27 +0100 >> >>Hello, it's me again. >>Would you be so helpful as to post this message in Lactnet for me? >> >>Hepatitis C - no danger from breastfeeding >> >>For those of you not very fluent in Catalan, there is a recently published >paper. >>There were 40 infants, born from hepatitis C carriers, prospectively >followed for 18 >>months. >>Of 32 bottlefed babies, 4 became infected >>Of 8 breastfed babies, 1 became infected. >>So, the risk associated with breastfeeding is exactly 0. >> >>Roca AM, Fortuny C, Ercilla G, Coll O, Torne A, Jimenez R. Transmissio >vertical del >>virus de l'hepatitis C (VHC). Estudi prospectiu en 40 fills de mares VHC >positives. >>Pediatr Catalana 1996;56:77-81 >> >>Best wishes Carlos Gonzalez >>