The positive effects of breastfeeding on the health of infants and mothers are largely established. It is generally recommended that a mother should breastfeed exclusively for at least 6 months. Sometimes, however, this is not possible owing to a maternal disease. The purpose of this review was to understand the possibility and the mechanisms of transmission of viral agents to breastfed infants when the mother is infected and to evaluate whether and when breastfeeding can be harmful and, therefore, a real contraindication exists.
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