Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Vertical Transmission from an Asymptomatic Mother

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Mar 1;40(3):e115-e117. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003028.

Abstract

In utero transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection is a point of debate. We report a case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vertical transmission from asymptomatic mother, with molecular detection in mother's blood at delivery and neonatal nasopharyngeal swabs at 5 and 28 hours of life and later IgG seroconversion. The newborn was asymptomatic.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Asymptomatic Diseases
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis
  • COVID-19 / transmission*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Mothers
  • Pregnancy
  • SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*