March 11, 2020

Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant women: a retrospective review of medical records

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Transmission

• Chen et al retrospectively reviewed clinical and lab results for nine pregnant women with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia, for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in amniotic fluid, cord blood, and neonatal throat swab samples. All the samples tested negative. Though limited in size, these findings reiterate findings from other recent studies suggesting that there is currently no evidence of vertical transmission during pregnancy.

Chen et al. (Mar 10, 2020). Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant women: a retrospective review of medical records.  The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217