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Case Reports
. 2021 Jan 23;72(1):128-130.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa673.

Detectable Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Human Breast Milk of a Mildly Symptomatic Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Patrick C K Tam  1 , Kathleen M Ly  1 , Max L Kernich  1   2 , Nicola Spurrier  3   4 , Diana Lawrence  5 , David L Gordon  1   2   4 , Emily C Tucker  1
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Detectable Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Human Breast Milk of a Mildly Symptomatic Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Patrick C K Tam et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus and causative pathogen to the pandemic illness COVID-19. Although RNA has been detected in various clinical samples, no reports to date have documented SARS-CoV-2 in human milk. This case report describes an actively breastfeeding patient with COVID-19 infection with detectable viral RNA in human milk.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; breast-feeding; human milk.

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  • Breast Milk and COVID-19: What Do We Know?
    Kimberlin DW, Puopolo KM. Kimberlin DW, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 23;72(1):131-132. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa800. Clin Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 32566944 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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