Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Milk From COVID-19 Positive Mothers and Follow-Up of Their Infants

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Milk From COVID-19 Positive Mothers and Follow-Up of Their Infants

Background: In the current SARS-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic little is known about SARS-CoV-2 in human milk. It is important to discover if breast milk is a vehicle of infection.Objective: Our aim was to look for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the milk of a group of SARS-CoV-2 positive mot...

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Main Authors: Enrico Bertino, Guido Eugenio Moro, Giuseppe De Renzi, Giuseppina Viberti, Rossana Cavallo, Alessandra Coscia, Carlotta Rubino, Paola Tonetto, Stefano Sottemano, Maria Francesca Campagnoli, Antonella Soldi, Michael Mostert, Francesco Cresi, David Lembo, Collaborative Research Group on SARS-CoV-2 in Human Milk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
breastfeeding
human milk
newborn
COVID-19
pandemic
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2020.597699/full

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