Possible Vertical Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 From an Infected Mother to Her Newborn
Lan Dong, MD1; Jinhua Tian, MD1; Songming He, MD1; et al Chuchao Zhu, MD2; Jian Wang, MD3; Chen Liu, MD3; Jing Yang, MD1
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JAMA. Published online March 26, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.4621
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly infectious, with multiple possible routes of transmission.1-3 Controversy exists regarding whether SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted in utero from an infected mother to her infant before birth. A series of 9 pregnant women found no mother-child transmission.4 We report a newborn with elevated IgM antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 born to a mother with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).