Lactating mothers infected with Ebola virus: EBOV RT-PCR of blood only may be insufficient

Euro Surveill. 2015 Jan 22;20(3):21017. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.3.21017.

Authors

M Moreau¹, C Spencer, J G Gozalbes, R Colebunders, A Lefevre, S Gryseels, B Borremans, S Gunther, D Becker, J A Bore, F R Koundouno, A Di Caro, R Wölfel, T Decroo, M Van Herp, L Peetermans, A M Camara

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Chretien, Liege, Belgium.

PMID: 25635320
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.3.21017

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Body Fluids / virology*
Ebolavirus / genetics
Ebolavirus / isolation & purification*
Female
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / blood
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / urine
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / virology*
Humans
Infant
Lactation*
Milk, Human / virology
Mothers*
RNA, Viral / analysis
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*

Substances

RNA, Viral