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) | Zendy

Patrick Tam | Zendy; Kathleen M Ly | Zendy; Max L Kernich | Zendy; Nicola Spurrier | Zendy; Diana Lawrence | Zendy; David Gordon | Zendy; Emily Tucker | Zendy

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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)

Author(s) -

Patrick Tam,

Kathleen M Ly,

Max L Kernich,

Nicola Spurrier,

Diana Lawrence,

David Gordon,

Emily Tucker

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa673

Subject(s) - coronavirus , covid-19 , virology , pandemic , medicine , coronaviridae , betacoronavirus , breastfeeding , severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pediatrics , outbreak

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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