Classification system and case definition for SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women, fetuses, and neonates

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 565-568

  Shah, Prakesh S ^a,b   Diambomba, Yenge ^a,b   Acharya, Ganesh ^c,d   Morris, Shaun K ^b,e   Bitnun, Ari ^b,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL INFECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; STILLBIRTH; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; PANDEMIC; PREGNANCY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BETACORONAVIRUS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85083634278     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.13870     Document Type: Editorial

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