Complete Genome Sequences of Identical Zika virus Isolates in a Nursing Mother and Her Infant

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 27;5(17):e00231-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00231-17.

Abstract

Complete genome sequences were obtained for Zika viruses isolated from the breast milk of a Venezuelan patient and her child, who was exclusively breastfeeding at the time. These sequences are the first to be reported from a presumptive autochthonous postnatal transmission case from mother to child in Venezuela.