Official Title
Is COVID-19 Transmitted Through Human Milk? Implications for Breastfeeding and Human Milk Banking-Study 1c
Brief Summary

This will be a prospective observational study of lactating mothers who are planning to,have scheduled or have received vaccination against SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19 vaccine).Mothers may have delivered at Mount Sinai Hospital or may be from the general publicrecruited by social media or word of mouth. As the study participants will be lactatingmothers, they will not be under the care of the investigators. Due to lack ofinformation, we are unsure of an appropriate sample size but envision we will recruit atleast 10 women each immunized with the approved mRNA vaccines (e.g. Pfizer-BioNTech andModerna COVID-19 vaccines) and in the future at least two other vaccines (e.g.Oxford-AstraZeneca) as they are approved and become available. Milk samples will beanalyzed for the presence of antibody to SARS-CoV-2 using the Anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA (IgGand IgA). These analyses will be conducted in the Department of Microbiology at SinaiHealth following validation of the procedures in human milk.

Unknown status
COVID-19 Vaccine
Breastmilk

Other: Vaccinated Pregnant or Lactating persons

vaccinated lactating persons from Sinai Health System or the general public

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- lactating birthing persons from the general public or Sinai Health System

Exclusion Criteria:

- None

Eligibility Gender
All
Eligibility Age
Minimum: N/A ~ Maximum: N/A
Countries
Canada
Locations

Sinai Health System
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Deborah O'Connor
NCT Number
MeSH Terms
COVID-19