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Palmquist, Aunchalee E. L.; Asiodu, Ifeyinwa V.; & Quinn, Elizabeth A. (2020). The COVID-19 Liquid Gold Rush: Critical Perspectives of Human Milk and Sars-Cov-2 Infection. American Journal of Human Biology, 32(5), e23481. PMCID: PMC7435540

Abstract

Breastfeeding and the provision of human milk are associated with positive maternal and infant health outcomes immediately postpartum, across the life course, and across generations (AAP, 2012; Victora et al., 2016). Over the last two decades, there have been groundbreaking advances in the areas of human milk science and infectious diseases (Colt et al., 2017; Foeller et al., 2020; WHO, 2016). In the wake of COVID-19, clinical case reports, retrospective and prospective studies, and systematic reviews related to perinatal maternal and child transmission of SARS-CoV-2 have been generated at an astonishing rate (Center for Humanitarian Health, 2020). Scientists around the world have united in a liquid gold rush to study human milk and COVID-19. But, to what end?

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23481

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2020

Journal Title

American Journal of Human Biology

Author(s)

Palmquist, Aunchalee E. L.
Asiodu, Ifeyinwa V.
Quinn, Elizabeth A.

Article Type

Commentary

PMCID

PMC7435540

Continent/Country

United States of America

State

Nonspecific

ORCiD

Palmquist - 0000-0002-0848-6952