An Analysis of 38 Pregnant Women With COVID-19, Their Newborn Infants, and Maternal-Fetal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

March 17, 2020

David A. Schwartz

Archives of Pathology Laboratory Medicine

38 pregnant women with COVID-19 were analyzed in China to assess the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on mothers and newborns, including clinical, laboratory and virological data, as well as the transmissibility of the virus from mother to fetus. 37 women were reported to have RT-PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, however, none of the women developed severe pneumonia and there were no maternal deaths. 39 newborns were analyzed, which in all neonatal samples obtained, including placentas in some cases, were negative by RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2. It is concluded that despite not registering confirmed cases of intrauterine transmission of SARS-CoV-2, it is necessary to analyze additional cases to determine the veracity of this result.

Schwartz D. A. An Analysis of 38 Pregnant Women With COVID-19, Their Newborn Infants, and Maternal-Fetal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine. 2020, 144(7), 799–805.

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