Hearing screening test in neonates born to COVID-19-positive mothers.

Anastasios K GoulioumisMaria AngelopoulouKonstantinos KourelisKonstantinos MourtzouchosMagdalini TsiakouAthanasios Asimakopoulos

Published in: European journal of pediatrics (2022)

• Although the intrauterine infection remains controversial, the expression of the ACE-2 receptor on the placenta and the detection of IgM antibodies, as well as the covid-19 genome in fetuses, make the vertical transmission tenable. • In our study, the newborn hearing screening results indicate that COVID-19 infection during pregnancy is not a risk factor for hearing loss.

Keyphrases

hearing loss
coronavirus disease
sars cov
gestational age
low birth weight
poor prognosis
binding protein
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
angiotensin ii
preterm infants
angiotensin converting enzyme
dna methylation
real time pcr