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Case Studies | Obstetrics and Gynecology | India | Volume 9 Issue 8, August 2020
Vertical Transmission of COVID-19: A Case Report
Amrita Chaurasia [4] | Shakti Jain | Yashi Srivastava | Samiksha Kumari [2]
Abstract: Pregnant women are a population susceptible to COVID-19 and are more likely to have complications and even progress to severe illness. As of now, very little is known about the effects of COVID-19 infection on the fetus. Till date, though there is no concrete evidence of in utero transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to the baby, yet it’s not denied. Here we report a case of supposedly vertical transmission leading to neonatal COVID-19 infection testing positive in nasopharyngeal swab real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay at 40th hour after birth in spite of all due intra and post-partum precautions taken, as outlined by ICMR to avoid post-delivery exposure of the neonate from the infected mother.
Keywords: COVID 19, Vertical transmission, Transplacental transmission, Neonate, Coronavirus, pregnancy
Edition: Volume 9 Issue 8, August 2020,
Pages: 304 - 304