Perinatal Transmission of 2019 Coronavirus Disease-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: Should We Worry?

Fan, Cuifang; Lei, Di; Fang, Congcong; Li, Chunyan; Wang, Ming; Liu, Yuling; Bao, Yan; Sun, Yanmei et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2021

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Abstract

We present 2 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection during the third trimester of pregnancy. Both mothers and newborns had excellent outcomes. We failed to identify SARS-CoV-2 in all of the products of conception and the newborns. This report provided evidence of low risk of intrauterine infection by vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

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