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Sars-Cov-2 Antibodies Detected In Human Breast Milk Postvaccination, Jill K. Baird, Shawn M. Jensen, Walter Urba, Bernard A Fox, Jason R Baird
Sars-Cov-2 Antibodies Detected In Human Breast Milk Postvaccination, Jill K. Baird, Shawn M. Jensen, Walter Urba, Bernard A Fox, Jason R Baird
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Importance The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has infected over a hundred million people worldwide, with almost 2.5 million deaths at the date of this publication. In the United States, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were first administered to the public starting in December 2020, and no lactating women were included in the initial trials of safety/efficacy. Research on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in lactating women and the potential transmission of passive immunity to the infant through breast milk is needed to guide patients, clinicians and policy makers during the worldwide effort to curb the spread of this virus.
Objective To determine whether SARS-CoV-2 specific immunoglobins …