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).

Tam, Patrick C K; Ly, Kathleen M; Kernich, Max L; Spurrier, Nicola; Lawrence, Diana; Gordon, David L; Tucker, Emily C · Clin Infect Dis · 2021

case_report · Level V

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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.

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