SARS-CoV-2 is not present in the vaginal fluid of pregnant women with COVID-19.
Mehmet Musa AslanHilal Uslu YuvacıOsman KöseHande ToptanNermin AkdemirMehmet KöroğluArif Serhan CevrioğluSelçuk ÖzdenPublished in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2020)
We demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 was not present in the vaginal fluid of pregnant women. This finding may indicate that the female genital tract is not a route of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.