SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Pregnancy: Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes and Placental Pathology Correlations

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 14; no. 9; p. 2043
• Main Authors: Pomorski, Michał, Trzeszcz, Martyna, Matera-Witkiewicz, Agnieszka, Krupińska, Magdalena, Fuchs, Tomasz, Zimmer, Mariusz, Zimmer-Stelmach, Aleksandra, Rosner-Tenerowicz, Anna, Budny-Wińska, Joanna, Tarczyńska-Podraza, Anna, Radziejewska, Klaudia, Królak-Olejnik, Barbara, Szczygieł, Anna, Augustyniak-Bartosik, Hanna, Kuriata-Kordek, Magdalena, Skalec, Karolina, Smoła, Izabela, Morgiel, Ewa, Gawryś, Jakub, Doroszko, Adrian, Rola, Piotr, Trocha, Małgorzata, Kujawa, Krzysztof, Adamik, Barbara, Kaliszewski, Krzysztof, Kiliś-Pstrusińska, Katarzyna, Protasiewicz, Marcin, Sokołowski, Janusz, Jankowska, Ewa A, Madziarska, Katarzyna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Amniotic fluid; Antibodies; Autopsy; Blood; Childbirth & labor; Cord blood; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease transmission; Fetuses; Genomes; Health aspects; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin M; Immunohistochemistry; Infants; Infections; Laboratories; maternal and neonatal outcome; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mothers; Neonates; Newborn babies; Pathogens; Pathology; Patient outcomes; Patients; Perinatal infection; Placenta; placental pathology; Polymerase chain reaction; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Complications of; Risk factors; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Umbilical cord; vertical transmission; Womens health; Poland; United States > US

There is accumulating evidence on the perinatal aspects of COVID-19, but available data are still insufficient. The reports on perinatal aspects of COVID-19 have been published on a small group of patients. Vertical transmission has been noted. The SARS-CoV-2 genome can be detected in umbilical cord...