Transmission of Zika virus through breast milk and other breastfeeding-related bodily-fluids: A systematic review.

• Main Authors: Susannah Colt (Author), Maria N Garcia-Casal (Author), Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas (Author), Julia L Finkelstein (Author), Pura Rayco-Solon (Author), Zita C Weise Prinzo (Author), Saurabh Mehta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is an emerging mosquito-borne disease, which is associated with an increase in central nervous system malformations and newborn microcephaly cases. This review investigated evidence of breastfeeding transmission from ZIKV-infected mothers to their children and...