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Cytomegalovirus remains viable in naturally infected breast milk despite being frozen for 10 days
1 Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
2 Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
3 Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
4 Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Women’s & Royal Children’s Hospitals, Melbourne, Australia
5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
6 Virology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
7 Department of Neonatal Medicine, Royal Women’s and Royal Children’s Hospitals, Melbourne, Australia
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Associate Professor Curtis
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; nigel.curtis{at}rch.org.au
Cytomegalovirus culture positive breast milk was obtained from four mothers of very premature babies. The milk was stored at 0–5°C in a domestic refrigerator for 48 hours or frozen for different durations at –20°C. Cytomegalovirus survived in breast milk despite being frozen for 10 days at –20°C.
Abbreviations: CMV, cytomegalovirus; RETCIF, rapid enhanced tissue culture immunofluorescence
Keywords: breast milk; cytomegalovirus; freezing; infection
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