Vertical transmission of coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 224; no. 1; pp. 35 - 53.e3
• Main Authors: Kotlyar, Alexander M., Grechukhina, Olga, Chen, Alice, Popkhadze, Shota, Grimshaw, Alyssa, Tal, Oded, Taylor, Hugh S., Tal, Reshef
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2021
• Subjects: COVID-19; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - transmission; COVID-19 Testing; Female; Global Health; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - statistics & numerical data; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; Systematic Reviews; transplacental transmission; vertical transmission; COVID-19; vertical transmission; SARS-CoV-2; transplacental transmission

This study aimed to conduct a systematic review of the current literature to determine estimates of vertical transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 based on early RNA detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 after birth from various neonatal or fetal sources and neonatal serolo...