SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibodies in Breast Milk After COVID-19 Vaccination of Breastfeeding Women

Sivan Haia Perl; Atara Uzan-Yulzari; Hodaya Klainer; Liron Asiskovich; Michal Youngster; Ehud Rinott; Ilan Youngster

doi:10.1001/jama.2021.5782

SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibodies in Breast Milk After COVID-19 Vaccination of Breastfeeding Women

JAMA. 2021 May 18;325(19):2013-2014. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.5782.

Authors

Sivan Haia Perl¹, Atara Uzan-Yulzari², Hodaya Klainer², Liron Asiskovich², Michal Youngster³, Ehud Rinott⁴, Ilan Youngster⁵

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonary Institute, Shamir Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
² The Center for Microbiome Research, Shamir Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
³ IVF Unit, Shamir Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
⁴ Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
⁵ Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Abstract

This prospective study investigated whether antibodies from SARS-CoV-2 immunization of nursing mothers transferred to infants as a potentially protective effect.

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibodies, Viral / analysis*
Breast Feeding*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines / immunology*
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin A / analysis*
Immunoglobulin G / analysis*
Milk, Human / immunology*
Prospective Studies

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19 Vaccines
Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin G