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

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

Abstract

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

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus / genetics
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Breast Feeding
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Milk, Human / virology*
  • Pandemics
  • Pasteurization
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology*
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Virus Replication

Substances

  • RNA, Viral