
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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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.

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