Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vertical Transmission in Neonates Born to Mothers With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia

Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jul;136(1):65-67. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003926.

¹ Departments of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Clinical Laboratory, Tongji Hospital, and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Basic Medicine School, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; and the Divisions of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics and Neonatal Critical Care, "A. Béclère" Medical Centre, Paris Saclay University Hospitals APHP and Paris Saclay University, Paris, France.

Abstract

One of seven neonates born to women with symptomatic coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection tested positive for the infection and was asymptomatic.