Vertical transmission of coronavirus disease 2019: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA on the fetal side of the placenta in pregnancies with coronavirus disease 2019-positive mothers and neonates at birth

Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2020 Aug;2(3):100145. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2020.100145. Epub 2020 May 18.

Authors

Luisa Patanè¹, Denise Morotti^{2

3}, Monica Rosaria Giunta⁴, Cristina Sigismondi⁴, Maria Giovanna Piccoli⁴, Luigi Frigerio⁴, Giovanna Mangili⁵, Marco Arosio⁶, Giorgio Cornolti²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo 24127, Italy.
² Pathology Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
³ Medical Genetics Laboratory, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
⁴ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
⁵ Department of Neonatology, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
⁶ Department of Microbiology and Virology, and the Bio Bank, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.

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MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing / methods
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing / statistics & numerical data
COVID-19* / diagnosis
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / transmission
Cesarean Section / methods
Cesarean Section / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / statistics & numerical data*
Italy / epidemiology
Labor, Obstetric
Male
Placenta* / pathology
Placenta* / virology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / virology
Pregnancy Outcome / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*
Trophoblasts* / pathology
Trophoblasts* / virology