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Viral Contamination of Milk

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Human Lactation 3

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There is a substantial body of evidence indicating that milk plays an important role in protecting the suckling animal from infections due to viruses and other agents. The presence of antibodies, phagocytes and immunocompetent cells in milk is often cited in support of both nursing and use of banked human milk for nourishment of hospitalized premature newborns. The fact that a variety of animal and human viruses can be transmitted from mother to offspring through milk is not widely recognized. The purpose of this report will be to review the range of viral agents that have been recovered from animal and human milk, to consider the potential importance of milk in transmission of these agents and to assess the implications of this information for nursing mothers and milk banks.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USA

    Robert F. Pass

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  1. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

    Armond S. Goldman

  2. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Stephanie A. Atkinson

  3. University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden

    Lars Å. Hanson

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Pass, R.F. (1987). Viral Contamination of Milk. In: Goldman, A.S., Atkinson, S.A., Hanson, L.Å. (eds) Human Lactation 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0837-7_32

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