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If hepatits positive mother feed her negative baby by breast milk will be infected baby?
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See below: The possibility of transmission of hepatitis c virus through breast milk was disputed in the past. The rate of transmission among breastfed infants has been the same as that among formula-fed infants. Therefore, breastfeeding is allowed.
Answered 12/16/2013
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