RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Case report: probable transmission of vaccine strain of yellow fever virus to an infant via breast milk
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP E243
OP E245
DO 10.1503/cmaj.100619
VO 183
IS 4
A1 Susan Kuhn
A1 Loreto Twele-Montecinos
A1 Judy MacDonald
A1 Patricia Webster
A1 Barbara Law
YR 2011
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/183/4/E243.abstract
AB The 17D yellow fever vaccine is a live-virus vaccine that has been in use since the 1940s. The incidence of encephalitis after yellow fever vaccination among young infants is much higher than among children older than nine months of age. Until recently, avoidance of vaccination by breastfeeding women who have received yellow fever vaccine had been based on theoretical grounds only. We report the probable transmission of vaccine strain of yellow fever virus from a mother to her infant through breastfeeding.