Breastfeeding in Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

Scand J Infect Dis. 2008;40(2):186-8. doi: 10.1080/00365540701649554.

Abstract

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is potentially a fatal disease transmitted by tick bite, close contact with blood or tissues of infected humans or viraemic livestock. We present the clinical course of 2 breastfeeding women with CCHF and their babies. Both the mothers had positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for CCHF virus in blood and it was negative in breast milk. At follow-up, babies did not develop CCHF infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Breast Feeding*
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious*
  • Female
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / transmission*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Milk, Human / virology
  • Viremia / transmission