Detection of Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Human Breast Milk

Accepted for Publication: July 25, 2022.

Published Online: September 26, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3581

Correction: This article was corrected on September 30, 2022, to fix the year of the study period and other minor typographical errors in the eMethods in the Supplement.

Corresponding Author: Nazeeh Hanna, MD, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island, NYU Long Island School of Medicine, 259 First St, Mineola, NY 11501 (nazeehhanna@gmail.com).

Author Contributions: Dr Hanna had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

Concept and design: All authors.

Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.

Drafting of the manuscript: Hanna, Heffes-Doon, Lin, Nayak.

Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.

Statistical analysis: Hanna, Lin.

Obtained funding: Hanna.

Administrative, technical, or material support: Hanna, Lin, Manzano De Mejia, Botros, Gurzenda, Nayak.

Supervision: Hanna.

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Hanna reported grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, American Lung Association, March of Dimes, New York State Department of Health, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. No other disclosures were reported.

Funding/Support: All financial and material support for this work was provided by the Department of Pediatrics, NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island, New York University Long Island School of Medicine.

Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The supporting organization had a role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

Additional Contributions: We acknowledge the participants who volunteered for this study. We are thankful to Christie Clauss, PharmD (Department of Pharmacy, NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island), for voluntarily providing unused vaccines for this study and for her critical revision of the manuscript. We are also thankful to the following individuals for their voluntary help in recruitment: Regina Cafferty, RN (Department of Pediatrics, NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island), and Elisabeth Sulger, MD, and Hollisa Rosa, MD (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island). None of these individuals received compensation for their contribution.