Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vertical Transmission in Neonates Born to Mothers With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia

Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jul;136(1):65-67. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003926.

Abstract

One of seven neonates born to women with symptomatic coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection tested positive for the infection and was asymptomatic.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / statistics & numerical data*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology*
  • SARS-CoV-2