Congenital infection of SARS-CoV-2 in live-born neonates: a population-based descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the evidence of mother-to-child transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Methods

This is a descriptive, multicentre, observational study in nine tertiary care hospitals throughout Spain. The study population was women with coronavirus disease 2019 during pregnancy. Mother-to-child transmission was defined as positive real-time RT-PCR of SARS-CoV-2 in amniotic fluid, cord blood, placenta or neonatal nasopharyngeal swabs taken immediately after birth.

Results

We included 43 women with singleton pregnancies and one with a twin pregnancy, as a result we obtained 45 samples of placenta, amniotic fluid and umbilical cord blood. The median gestational age at diagnosis was 34.7 weeks (range 14-41.3 weeks). The median

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Ruiz I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8213522 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature