PEDIATRICS Vol. 64 No. 3 September 1979, pp. 391
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In Reply: ? Herpes Simplex Virus in Breast Milk

Lisa M. Dunkle MD1, Rose Rita Schmidt MA, MT (ASCP)1, and Dennis M. O'Connor MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63104

We appreciate Dr. Kibrick's delineation of the stability and infectivity of herpes simplex virus in various media. The remainder of his comments concur with our conclusions and reiterate the potential possibility of risk of herpes simplex infection to some breast-fed infants. The problem would appear to deserve investigation.