1. Is SARS-CoV-2 Transmitted Through Breastfeeding?
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Thanigainathan S, Kaliyaperumal V, Sivanandan S, Rengaraj S, Dhodapkar R, and Bethou A
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- Breast Feeding, Child, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Mothers, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
- Abstract
There are concerns regarding the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from mother to child during this COVID pandemic. This descriptive study was done to check the possible transmission of the virus through breastfeeding in the Indian context. RT-qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 was done in breast milk samples from 30 COVID-positive mothers. Paired oropharyngeal swabs of the same neonates were also sent for RT-PCR at 48 h and on day 5 of life. All the breast milk samples were negative for SARS-CoV-2 except one. A repeat sample of breast milk from the same mother was also negative when rechecked the next day. All the paired neonatal oropharyngeal swabs were also negative for SARS-CoV-2. The authors could not find evidence for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from mother to child through breastmilk in the population studied., (© 2021. Dr. K C Chaudhuri Foundation.)
- Published
- 2021
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