Coronavirus disease 2019 among pregnant Chinese women: case series data on the safety of vaginal birth and breastfeeding.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether vaginal secretions and breast milk of women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) contain severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Design

Single centre cohort study.

Setting

Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei province, China.

Population

We studied 13 SARS-CoV-2-infected pregnant women diagnosed between 31 January and 9 March 2020.

Methods

We collected clinical data, vaginal secretions, stool specimens and breast milk from SARS-CoV-2-infected women during different stages of pregnancy and collected neonatal throat and anal swabs.

Main outcomes and measures

We assessed viral presence in different biosamples.

Results

Of the 13 women with COVID-19, five were in their first trime

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7383704 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature