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No CoVid Spread Through Breastmilk
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/GOr3H64gQxw
The breastmilk of CoVid-infected mothers does not contain infectious virus. Obstetricians, pediatricians, and virologists in Wuhan and Harbin China now report this finding in their study of 25 mother-infant pairs just reported online on the medrixiv.org pre-print site.
The breastmilk of the new mothers was analyzed for virus using quantitative PCR testing and for anti-CoVid19 antibodies via ELISA testing. All milk samples were CoVid virus-negative. IgM antibodies were detected in the breastmilk in all cases where that antibody was found in the mother’s serum.
This study confirms the safety of breastmilk from CoVid-infected mothers. New mothers who are CoVid positive may safely breastfeed.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.30.20033407v1.full.pdf
#covid #breastfeeding #antibodies
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By Howard G. Smith MD, AM
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/GOr3H64gQxw
The breastmilk of CoVid-infected mothers does not contain infectious virus. Obstetricians, pediatricians, and virologists in Wuhan and Harbin China now report this finding in their study of 25 mother-infant pairs just reported online on the medrixiv.org pre-print site.
The breastmilk of the new mothers was analyzed for virus using quantitative PCR testing and for anti-CoVid19 antibodies via ELISA testing. All milk samples were CoVid virus-negative. IgM antibodies were detected in the breastmilk in all cases where that antibody was found in the mother’s serum.
This study confirms the safety of breastmilk from CoVid-infected mothers. New mothers who are CoVid positive may safely breastfeed.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.30.20033407v1.full.pdf
#covid #breastfeeding #antibodies