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. 2020 Mar 17:ciaa226. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa226

Perinatal Transmission of COVID-19 Associated SARS-CoV-2: Should We Worry?

Cuifang Fan 1,#, Di Lei 1,#, Congcong Fang 2,#, Chunyan Li 1, Ming Wang 3, Yuling Liu 1, Yan Bao 1, Yanmei Sun 1, Jinfa Huang 1, Yuping Guo 1, Ying Yu 1, Suqing Wang 4,
PMCID: PMC7184438  PMID: 32182347

Abstract

We presented two cases of COVID-19 associated SARS-CoV-2 infection during third trimester of pregnancy. Both mothers and newborns had excellent outcomes. We failed to identify SARS-CoV-2 in all the products of conception and the newborns. This report provided evidence of low risk of intrauterine infection by vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, pregnancy outcome, vertical transmission


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