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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).

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Tam, PCK; Ly, KM; Kernich, ML; Spurrier, N; Lawrence, D; Gordon, DL; Tucker, EC
Published in: Clin Infect Dis
January 23, 2021

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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Clin Infect Dis

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EISSN

1537-6591

Publication Date

January 23, 2021

Volume

72

Issue

1

Start / End Page

128 / 130

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Pandemics
  • Milk, Human
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Female
  • COVID-19
  • Breast Feeding
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Tam, P. C. K., Ly, K. M., Kernich, M. L., Spurrier, N., Lawrence, D., Gordon, D. L., & Tucker, E. C. (2021). 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). Clin Infect Dis, 72(1), 128–130. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa673
Tam, Patrick C. K., Kathleen M. Ly, Max L. Kernich, Nicola Spurrier, Diana Lawrence, David L. Gordon, and Emily C. Tucker. “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).Clin Infect Dis 72, no. 1 (January 23, 2021): 128–30. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa673.
Tam PCK, Ly KM, Kernich ML, Spurrier N, Lawrence D, Gordon DL, et al. 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). Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 23;72(1):128–30.
Tam, Patrick C. K., et al. “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).Clin Infect Dis, vol. 72, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 128–30. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa673.
Tam PCK, Ly KM, Kernich ML, Spurrier N, Lawrence D, Gordon DL, Tucker EC. 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). Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 23;72(1):128–130.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clin Infect Dis

DOI

EISSN

1537-6591

Publication Date

January 23, 2021

Volume

72

Issue

1

Start / End Page

128 / 130

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Pandemics
  • Milk, Human
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Female
  • COVID-19
  • Breast Feeding
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences