Impact of Gestational COVID-19 on Neonatal Outcomes: Is Vertical Infection Possible?
Sara Vigil-VázquezItziar Carrasco-GarcíaAlicia Hernanz LoboAngela ManzanaresAlba Pérez-PérezJavier Toledano-RevengaMar Muñoz-ChapuliLara Mesones-GuerraAndrea Martínez-LozanoBeatriz Pérez-SeoaneElena Márquez-IsidroOlga Sanz-AsínGloria Caro-ChinchillaMarta Sardá-SánchezÁlvaro Solaz-GarcíaJuan López-CarneroMarta Pareja-LeónMónica Riaza-GómezMaría Concepción Ortiz-BarqueroJuan Antonio León-LuisMaría Jesús Fernández-AceñeroMaria Angeles Muñoz-FernándezPilar Catalán-AlonsoPatricia MuñozManuel Sánchez-LunaMaría Luisa Navarro-Gómeznull nullPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2022)
Intrauterine transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is possible, although rare, with early postnatal transmission occurring more frequently. Most infected newborns remained asymptomatic or had mild symptoms that evolved well during follow-up. We did not find any maternal characteristics predisposing infants to neonatal infection. All infected newborn mothers had acute infection at delivery.Although there was no presence of SARS-CoV2 in cord blood or breast milk samples, SARS-CoV-2 viral load was detected in urine and meconium samples from infected newborns.