By Robert Preidt
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Aug. 28, 2020 (HealthDay Information) — Breastfeeding moms are unlikely to transmit the new coronavirus to their infants through their milk, researchers say.
No instances of an infant contracting COVID-19 from breast milk have been documented, however questions concerning the potential threat stay.
Researchers examined 64 samples of breast milk collected from 18 ladies throughout the US who had been contaminated with the brand new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19.
One pattern examined optimistic for coronavirus RNA, however follow-up checks confirmed that the virus could not replicate and due to this fact, could not infect the breastfed infant, based on the examine just lately printed on-line within the Journal of the American Medical Affiliation.
“Detection of viral RNA doesn’t equate to an infection. It has to develop and multiply with a view to be infectious and we didn’t discover that in any of our samples,” stated examine writer Christina Chambers, a professor of pediatrics on the College of California, San Diego. She can also be director of the Mommy’s Milk Human Milk Analysis Biorepository.
“Our findings counsel breast milk itself will not be probably a supply of an infection for the toddler,” Chambers stated in a UCSD information launch.
To forestall transmission of the virus whereas breastfeeding, sporting a masks, hand-washing and sterilizing pumping tools after every use are advisable.
“We hope our outcomes and future research will give ladies the reassurance wanted for them to breastfeed. Human milk offers invaluable advantages to mother and child,” stated co-author Dr. Grace Aldrovandi, chief of the Division of Infectious Ailments at UCLA Mattel Kids’s Hospital in Los Angeles.
