Table 1
Results of cytomegalovirus (CMV) testing of frozen and refrigerated breast milk
| Mother | Baby | Milk | Refrig | Duration of freezing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Age (years) | Parity | Gest (weeks) | BW (g) | Day | VL | 48 h | 24 h | 48 h | 5 days | 7 days | 10 days | 20 days | |
| Gest, Gestation of baby; BW, birth weight of baby; Day, day after delivery milk collected; VL, initial CMV viral load (copies/µl); Refrig, duration of refrigeration. | ||||||||||||||
| ++, CMV detected by culture in whey and cells; +−, CMV detected by culture in whey only; – –, CMV not detected by culture in whey or cells. | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 754 | 8 | 1.8 | – – | ++ | – – | |||||
| 21 | 7.1 | ++ | ++ | – – | ||||||||||
| 31 | 10.1 | ++ | ++ | ++ | ||||||||||
| 43 | 13.5 | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 604 | 71 | 11.0 | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ||
| 3 | 37 | 3 | 28 | 890 | 47 | 110.1 | – – | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | – – | |
| 4 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 665 | 19 | 10.9 | – – | ++ | +– | ++ | +– | ++ | – – | |
