Antibodies in the breast milk of a maternal woman with COVID-19

A maternal woman was positive for SARS-CoV-2 tested in throat swabs but negative tested in other body fluids, and she had IgG and IgA detected in breast milk. Her infant negative for SARS-CoV-2 at birth had elevated IgG in serum but quickly decayed. These findings suggest that breastfeeding might ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging microbes & infections 2020-01, Vol.9 (1), p.1467-1469
Hauptverfasser:	Dong, Yunzhu, Chi, Xiangyang, Hai, Huang, Sun, Liangliang, Zhang, Mengyao, Xie, Wei-Fen, Chen, Wei
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antibodies, Viral - analysis Antibodies, Viral - immunology Betacoronavirus - immunology Breastfeeding & lactation breastmilk China Coronavirus Infections - immunology COVID-19 Female Humans IgA IgG Immunoglobulin A - analysis Immunoglobulin G - analysis Infant, Newborn Letter maternal woman Milk, Human - immunology Milk, Human - virology Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral - immunology Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - immunology Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Zusammenfassung:	A maternal woman was positive for SARS-CoV-2 tested in throat swabs but negative tested in other body fluids, and she had IgG and IgA detected in breast milk. Her infant negative for SARS-CoV-2 at birth had elevated IgG in serum but quickly decayed. These findings suggest that breastfeeding might have the potential benefit to the neonates.
ISSN:	2222-1751 2222-1751
DOI:	10.1080/22221751.2020.1780952