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. 2020 Apr 30;323(21):2198–2200. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.7233

Table. SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Resultsa.

Sample type SARS-CoV-2 results Bacterial culture and RT-PCR
Maternal
Deep nasopharyngeal (March 18) Positive
Deep nasopharyngeal control (March 22) Positive
Vagina (March 20 and March 22) Negative Normal flora
Blood (March 22) Negative
Fetus (March 20)
Umbilical cord blood Negative
Amniotic fluid Negative Sterile
Fetal mouth Negative
Fetal armpit (2 samples) Negative
Placental submembrane Positive Sterile
Placental cotyledon Positive Sterile
Fetal anus Negative
Fetal liver Negative
Fetal thymus Negative
Fetal lung Negative
a

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected by coupling a MagNA Pure (Roche) RNA extraction to a 1-step reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) targeting the gene coding for the E protein of the virus.