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Mechanisms and evidence of vertical transmission of infections in pregnancy including SARS‐CoV ‐2s
12 Jun 2020
Abstract excerpt
There remain unanswered questions concerning mother-to-child-transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Despite reports of neonatal COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 has not been consistently isolated in perinatal samples, thus definitive proof of transplacental infection is still lacking. To address these questions, we assessed investigative tools used to confirm maternal-fetal infection and known protective mechanisms of the placental...
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