ReviewCurrent nutrition reports2021
Should COVID-19 Mother Breastfeed her Newborn Child? A Literature Review on the Safety of Breastfeeding for Pregnant Women with COVID-19.
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25 citing papers in PubMed.
- Trends in 1-Month Breastfeeding Before, During, and After the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Retrospective Single-Center Study in Japan.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Dynamic Changes in Antibodies and Proteome in Breast Milk of Mothers Infected with Wild-Type SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron: A Longitudinal Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Discovery of Novel Natural Inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease: A Rational Approach to Antiviral Therapeutics.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Article
- Breastfeeding Practices for COVID-19-Infected Mothers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Review
- Investigating the mode of transmission of COVID-19 through genital secretions, semen, the birth canal, and lactation: A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Vertical transmission and maternal passive immunity post-SARS-CoV-2.Future virology · 2023Review
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- Encouraging and Reinforcing Safe Breastfeeding Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Overlooked sex and gender aspects of emerging infectious disease outbreaks: Lessons learned from COVID-19 to move towards health equity in pandemic response.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Review
- Incidence, Clinical Features, and Outcomes of the Confirmed Neonatal COVID-19 Infection in the Southwest Iran.International journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Functional consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women, fetoplacental unit, and neonate.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease · 2023Review
- Evaluation of the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through breast milk: a case series.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Metallomic and Untargeted Metabolomic Signatures of Human Milk from SARS-CoV-2 Positive Mothers.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2022Observational
- Health of the Newborn and Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Review
- SARS-CoV-2 RNA and antibody detection in breast milk from a prospective multicentre study in Spain.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2022Article
- Breastfeeding in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: A discussion paper.Journal of neonatal nursing : JNN · 2022Review
- Breastfeeding in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Position Statement of Indian Academy of Pediatrics and Infant and Young Child Feeding Chapter.Indian pediatrics · 2022Article
- Impact of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic on Neonatal Nutrition: Focus on Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Current tropical medicine reports · 2022Review
- Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic: what do we know so far?Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2022Review
- Lack of effects on female fertility or pre- and postnatal development of offspring in rats after exposure to AS03-adjuvanted recombinant plant-derived virus-like particle vaccine candidate for COVID-19.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewBreastfeeding is beneficial to both the newborn and the mother. During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns have been raised on whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be transmitted from COVID-19 positive mother to the newborn through breastmilk. The purpose of this review is to examine the available evidence on the risks of transmission of infection from COVID-19 mothers to their newborns through breastfeeding. RECENT
findingsData is very limited in this regard, with only a few smaller case series, and case reports have been published so far. In most of the studies, breastmilk samples from COVID-19 mothers tested negative for the virus. In the case reports where the virus was detected in breastmilk and the infants were diagnosed with COVID-19, it remained unclear whether the disease was transmitted through breastmilk or direct contact or through delivery. Another hypothesis is that the viral antibodies could pass to the newborn passively through breastmilk of COVID-19 positive mothers and give immunity to the child, but data is minimal. Based on the currently available limited evidence and recognizing the benefits of breastfeeding, it may be concluded that if the health of the mother and her newborn allows, direct breastfeeding or extracted breastmilk should be encouraged by the healthcare providers after a careful discussion of the risks of vertical transmission to the mother and her family. Preventive measures should be taken by COVID-19 mothers to prevent droplet transmission of infection to the infants while breastfeeding.
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