Vertical Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) from Infected Pregnant Mothers to Neonates: A Review

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 246-250

  Karimi Zarchi, Mojgan ^a,b   Neamatzadeh, Hossein ^c   Dastgheib, Seyed Alireza ^d   Abbasi, Hajar ^e   Mirjalili, Seyed Reza ^c   Behforouz, Athena ^e   Ferdosian, Farzad ^c   Bahrami, Reza ^f  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corona Virus; COVID 19; neonate; placenta; pregnant mothers; vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL INFECTION; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BETACORONAVIRUS; BREATHING DISORDER; CANADA; CHINA; COMPLICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HONG KONG; IRAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CANADA; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; IRAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85083207209     PISSN: 15513815     EISSN: 15513823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15513815.2020.1747120     Document Type: Review

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