Quantification of Specific Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 in Breast Milk of Lactating Women Vaccinated With an mRNA Vaccine

Erika Esteve-Palau; Araceli Gonzalez-Cuevas; M Eugenia Guerrero; Clara Garcia-Terol; M Carmen Alvarez; David Casadevall; Vicens Diaz-Brito

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.20575

Quantification of Specific Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 in Breast Milk of Lactating Women Vaccinated With an mRNA Vaccine

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Aug 2;4(8):e2120575. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.20575.

Authors

Erika Esteve-Palau¹, Araceli Gonzalez-Cuevas², M Eugenia Guerrero², Clara Garcia-Terol³, M Carmen Alvarez¹, David Casadevall⁴, Vicens Diaz-Brito¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi, Barcelona, Spain.
² Department of Microbiology, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Cancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the concentration of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the breast milk of women who received vaccines for COVID-19 and their correlation with serum antibody levels.

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19
COVID-19 Serological Testing
COVID-19 Vaccines / immunology*
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / analysis
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Lactation / immunology
Milk, Human / immunology*
Prospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccines, Synthetic / immunology*
mRNA Vaccines

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines
Immunoglobulin G
Vaccines, Synthetic