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. 2020 Oct 6;324(13):1347-1348.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.15580.

Evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 in Breast Milk From 18 Infected Women

Christina Chambers  1 , Paul Krogstad  2 , Kerri Bertrand  1 , Deisy Contreras  2 , Nicole H Tobin  2 , Lars Bode  1 , Grace Aldrovandi  2
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Evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 in Breast Milk From 18 Infected Women

Christina Chambers et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study assesses the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the breast milk of 18 US women infected with SARS-CoV-2.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Chambers reported receiving grants from the University of California (UC) Office of the President Emergency COVID-19 Research Program and from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and receiving nonfinancial support from Medela Corporation and the Mothers’ Milk Bank at Austin. Dr Krogstad reported receiving support from the UC Los Angeles AIDS Institute, the James B. Pendleton Charitable Trust, and the McCarthy Family Foundation. Dr Bode reported serving as the UC San Diego Chair of Collaborative Human Milk Research, which is endowed by the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation. Dr Aldrovandi reported receiving support from the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Breast Milk Sampling Relative to Time of Positive SARS-CoV-2 Test Result
All samples were tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral RNA by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The blue data point outlined in red represents a participant who had tested positive by RT-PCR but negative by infectivity assay.
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