Characteristics and outcome of infants born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first three waves of COVID-19 pandemic in northern Iran: A prospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the rapid increase in knowledge about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there is limited data on vertical transmission, viral loads in mother-neonate pairs, and health outcomes. We aimed to describe the characteristics, viral loads, and short-and mid-term outcomes of neonates born to mothers with confirmed COVID-19 infection in northern Iran.

Materials and methods

In a cross-sectional study, we prospectively collected and analyzed the clinical features, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results, viral loads, and outcomes of 60 neonates delivered by 58 SARS-CoV-2 infected pregnant women in maternity hospitals of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (northern Iran) during first three waves of the pandemic from March 1 to Decemb

SUBMITTER: Farhadi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9126617 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature