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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Family Med Prim Care
. 2020 Sep 30;9(9):4521-4525.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_475_20. eCollection 2020 Sep.
A systemic review of vertical transmission possibility in pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019-positive status
Moath A AlQahtani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sultan M AlDajani[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
An unknown pneumonia outbreak has been reported by hospitals in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019. A public health emergency of international concern announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the January 31, 2020. The virus named by the WHO as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The cases reached (266,073 cases) and deaths (11,184 deaths) globally by the end of March 21, 2020, and considered as a pandemic. By a systemic review, articles and case reports revealed 74 pregnant women for the possibility of vertical transmission of the virus from COVID-19-infected mother to infant. Review also showed that there is no difference between pregnant and nonpregnant regarding clinical manifestations. Concerning the vertical transmission, none of the positive mothers had a positive infant with COVID-19 except 1 case report that showed the infant had positive COVID-19 by the throat swab, yet negative cord blood, placenta, and mother's breast milk.
Keywords: 2019-nCov; coronavirus disease 2019; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vertical transmission.
. 2020 Sep 30;9(9):4521-4525.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_475_20. eCollection 2020 Sep.
A systemic review of vertical transmission possibility in pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019-positive status
Moath A AlQahtani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sultan M AlDajani[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33209756
- PMCID: PMC7652163
- DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_475_20
Abstract
An unknown pneumonia outbreak has been reported by hospitals in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019. A public health emergency of international concern announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the January 31, 2020. The virus named by the WHO as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The cases reached (266,073 cases) and deaths (11,184 deaths) globally by the end of March 21, 2020, and considered as a pandemic. By a systemic review, articles and case reports revealed 74 pregnant women for the possibility of vertical transmission of the virus from COVID-19-infected mother to infant. Review also showed that there is no difference between pregnant and nonpregnant regarding clinical manifestations. Concerning the vertical transmission, none of the positive mothers had a positive infant with COVID-19 except 1 case report that showed the infant had positive COVID-19 by the throat swab, yet negative cord blood, placenta, and mother's breast milk.
Keywords: 2019-nCov; coronavirus disease 2019; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vertical transmission.