Effect of Freeze‐Thawing Breast Milk on Vertical HTLV‐I Transmission from Seropositive Mothers to Children
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- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Japanese Journal of Cancer Research
- Vol. 80 (5) , 405-407
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1349-7006.1989.tb02327.x
Abstract
Breast feeding is known to be a major cause of vertical transmission of HTLV-I from mothers to her children. The infectiousness of HTLV-I in breast milk was reported to be lost during freezing and thawing processes. We therefore administered frozen-and-thawed breast milk of HTLV-I carriers to their babies. Among the 13 babies given the frozen-and-thawed breast milk (now 12 months of age), no infection has been found yet. This result suggests that freezing and thawing of breast milk is a promising method for the prevention of vertical HTLV-I infection to breast-fed babies.Keywords
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