Samba II PCR testing for COVID-19 in pregnant women: a retrospective cohort study and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asymptomatic carriage of COVID-19 in pregnant women has been reported and could lead to outbreaks in maternity units. We sought to ascertain the impact of rapid isothernal nucleic acid based testing for COVID-19 in an unselected cohort of pregnant women attending our maternity unit. We also assessed the correlation between community prevalence and asymptomatic carriage.

Methods

Data for the retrospective cohort study were collected from a large UK tertiary maternity unit over a 4-week period using computerised hospital records. Literature searches were performed across multiple repositories. COVID-19 prevalence was extracted from online repositories.

Results

Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs were obtained from 457/465 (98%) women during the study perio

SUBMITTER: Xu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968137 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature