Article
Intrauterine SARS-CoV-2 infection – a case confirming transplacental transmission followed by divergence of the viral genome
2020-10-23
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Pregnant women and their newborns may be at particular risk for poor outcomes due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Intrauterine SARS-CoV-2 transmission has been suggested but most reports have not ruled out postpartum infection. We demonstrate a confirmed case of transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a neonate born to a mother infected in the third trimester. Comprehensive...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 50a9d12d-c089-5b33-8fcf-272c8f63ceb5
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-96244/v1
