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Comment
. 2020 Oct 10;396(10257):1064-1065.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32071-7.

Undermining breastfeeding will not alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic

Natalie S Shenker  1 , Aleksandra Wesolowska  2 , Johannes B van Goudoever  3 , Sushma Nangia  4 , Daniel Klotz  5
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Undermining breastfeeding will not alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic

Natalie S Shenker et al. Lancet. .
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  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in human breastmilk.
    Groß R, Conzelmann C, Müller JA, Stenger S, Steinhart K, Kirchhoff F, Münch J. Groß R, et al. Lancet. 2020 Jun 6;395(10239):1757-1758. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31181-8. Epub 2020 May 21. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32446324 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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