Cytomegalovirus linked to maternal breast milk in very-low-birth-weight infants

(The JAMA Network Journals) The primary source of postnatal infection with cytomagelovirus, a common virus usually without symptoms in very-low-birth-weight infants appeared to be maternal breast milk because no infections were linked to transfusions of cytomagelovirus-seronegative and leukoreduced blood products.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news