The relationship between maternal COVID-19 with fetal and neonatal complications and intrauterine vertical transmission: A cohort study on pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical features, maternal and fetal complications, and the potential for vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women are still unknown. This cohort study aimed to determine the relation of coronavirus infection to the incidence of fetal and neonatal complications by comparing outcomes in pregnant women with COVID-19 to those in non-infected pregnant women.

Method

This prospective cohort study was conducted on all pregnant women who gave birth between September 2020 to September 2021 at Rouhani Hospital, Iran. The case group included pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2, confirmed by clinical signs, symptoms and positive result of Real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR), who were followed up until 72 hours after birth. All f

SUBMITTER: Shafizadeh Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12266458 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature