A case report of newborn infant with severe COVID-19 in Mexico: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in human breast milk and stool

Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Nov:100:21-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.055. Epub 2020 Aug 27.

Abstract

Although COVID-19 in pregnant women and their neonates has been demonstrated, there is not enough evidence about how this vertical transmission occurs. This report describes a SARS-CoV-2 infection in a 21-year-old mother-daughter duo at the time of birth, focusing on the viral RNA detection in the stool of both and the human breast milk.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Human milk; Neonate; SARS-CoV-2; Vertical transmission.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Feces / virology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Mexico
  • Milk, Human / virology*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Young Adult