Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Patients Admitted for Childbirth in Southern Connecticut

JAMA. 2020 Jun 23;323(24):2520-2522. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.8904.

Abstract

This study describes the prevalence of positive SARS-CoV-2 test results among asymptomatic pregnant women presenting for labor and delivery at Yale New Haven health system hospitals.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Asymptomatic Diseases
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques
  • Connecticut / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Delivery, Obstetric*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • Parturition
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
  • Prevalence
  • SARS-CoV-2