Breastfeeding and Lyme Disease
Per the US Centers for Disease Control, Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, and is transmitted to humans via the bite of a tick infected with this bacteria. The Lyme disease bacteria has not been cultured from human milk (though associated DNA have been detected – see below), and no babies have developed Lyme disease from their mothers’ milk.
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