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. 2020 Sep 5:piaa109. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa109
A Possible Case of Vertical Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a Newborn with Positive Placental In Situ Hybridization of SARS-CoV-2 RNA
Ihab Alamar
1,#, Mohammad H Abu-Arja
1,#, Taryn Heyman
2, Drucilla J Roberts
3, Niyati Desai
4, Pramod Narula
1,✉, Beata Dygulska
1,✉
Ihab Alamar, MD
1
Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
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Mohammad H Abu-Arja, MD, MSc
1
Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
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Taryn Heyman, MD
2
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
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Drucilla J Roberts, MD
3
Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA
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Niyati Desai, MD
4
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
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Pramod Narula, MD
1
Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
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Beata Dygulska, MD
1
Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
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Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
2
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
3
Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA
4
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
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Both first authors contributed equally to the study.
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Corresponding Author: Name: Beata Dygulska, MD, Address: Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Methodist Hospital, 506 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Telephone: 718-780-5260, Email: bed9017@nyp.org
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Alternate Corresponding Author: Name: Parmod Narula, MD, Address: Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Methodist Hospital, 506 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Telephone: 718-780-5260, Email: prn9001@nyp.org
Received 2020 Jun 5.
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