Novel coronavirus infection in newborn babies aged <28 days in China

Eur Respir J. 2020 Jun 18;55(6):2000697. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00697-2020. Print 2020 Jun.

Abstract

Neonates are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection. The symptoms in neonates were milder and outcomes were less severe compared to adults. Intrauterine vertical transmission is not impossible but direct evidence is still lacking. https://bit.ly/342jGK9

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Cesarean Section
  • China / epidemiology
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Length of Stay
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Patient Isolation
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Retrospective Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed