To breastfeed or not to breastfeed? Lack of evidence on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in breastmilk of pregnant women with COVID-19

A rapid systematic review was carried out to evaluate the current evidence related to the presence of SARSCoV-2 in breast milk from pregnant women with COVID-19. Eight studies analyzing the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the breast milk of 24 pregnant women with COVID-19 during the third trimester of pregnancy were found. All patients had fever and/or symptoms of acute respiratory illness and chest computed tomography images indicative of COVID-19 pneumonia. Most pregnant women had cesarean delivery (91.7%) and two neonates had low birthweight (< 2 500 g). Biological samples collected immediately after birth from upper respiratory tract (throat or nasopharyngeal) of neonates and placental tissues showed negative results for the presence SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR test. No breast milk samples were positive for SARS-CoV-2 and, to date, there is no evidence on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk of pregnant women with COVID-19. However, data are still limited and breastfeeding of women with COVID-19 remains a controversial issue. There are no restrictions on the use of milk from a human breast milk bank..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública - 44(2020), 59, Seite 5

Sprache:

Englisch ; Spanisch ; Portugiesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Paulo Ricardo Martins-Filho [VerfasserIn]
Victor Santana Santos [VerfasserIn]
Hudson P. Santos Jr [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
Breast feeding
Coronavirus infection
Medicine
Pandemics
Pneumonia, viral
Public aspects of medicine
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Sars virus
Virus diseases

doi:

10.26633/RPSP.2020.59

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ054255945