Possibility of Intrauterine Vertical Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‑19): A Case Report from Iran

Hassan Salehipour, Mitra Eftekhari Yazdi, Marzieh abzevari Torkmannejads, Nematullah Shomoossi, Mostafa Rad

Abstract


With the onset of Covid 19 disease, the vertical transmission of the disease from mother to neonate was unknown. In this case, a mother affected by a severe Covid 19 a few days before delivery, was examined whether her baby get the disease without breastfeeding and close contact with his mother or not. Finally, the case study show corona virus did not transmitted through blood from mother to the baby and he was completely healthy.

Keywords


COVID‑19; intrauterine; neonate; maternal; vertical transmission

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