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Open Access 01-12-2021 | COVID-19 Vaccination | Commentary

Breastfeeding and COVID-19 vaccination: position statement of the Italian scientific societies

Authors: Riccardo Davanzo, Massimo Agosti, Irene Cetin, Antonio Chiantera, Giovanni Corsello, Luca A. Ramenghi, Annamaria Staiano, Marcello Tavio, Alberto Villani, Elsa Viora, Fabio Mosca

Published in: Italian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

The availability of a COVID-19 vaccine has raised the issue of its compatibility with breastfeeding. Consequently, the Italian Society of Neonatology (SIN), the Italian Society of Pediatrics (SIP), the Italian Society of Perinatal Medicine (SIMP), the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SIGO), the Italian Association of Hospital Obstetricians-Gynecologists (AOGOI) and the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT) have made an ad hoc consensus statement. Currently, knowledge regarding the administration of COVID-19 vaccine to the breastfeeding mother is limited. Nevertheless, as health benefits of breastfeeding are well demonstrated and since biological plausibility suggests that the health risk for the nursed infant is unlikely, Italian scientific societies conclude that COVID-19 vaccination is compatible with breastfeeding.

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Title: Breastfeeding and COVID-19 vaccination: position statement of the Italian scientific societies
Authors: Riccardo Davanzo
Massimo Agosti
Irene Cetin
Antonio Chiantera
Giovanni Corsello
Luca A. Ramenghi
Annamaria Staiano
Marcello Tavio
Alberto Villani
Elsa Viora
Fabio Mosca
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: COVID-19 Vaccination
Vaccination
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Neonatology
Published in: Italian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-021-00998-6

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