Guidelines for pregnant women with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection
Guillaume Favre, Léo Pomar, Xiaolong Qi, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Didier Musso, David Baud
Published:March 03, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30157-2
Coronaviruses responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) can cause severe adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as miscarriage, premature delivery, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal death. Vertical transmission of the virus responsible for 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has not yet been detected, whereas perinatal transmission has been suspected in one case.