Open AccessSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Vertical Transmission from an Asymptomatic Mother
Author(s) -
Tania Carbayo-Jiménez,
Jaime Carrasco-Colom,
Cristina Epalza,
Dolores Folgueira,
Alfredo PérezRivilla,
Patricia Barbero,
Daniel BlázquezGamero,
Alberto Galindo Izquierdo,
Carmen Rosa PallásAlonso,
María Teresa MoralPumarega
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000003028
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , seroconversion , medicine , coronavirus , transmission (telecommunications) , in utero , respiratory system , covid-19 , pediatrics , virology , immunology , pregnancy , virus , disease , fetus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , electrical engineering , genetics , engineering
In utero transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection is a point of debate. We report a case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vertical transmission from asymptomatic mother, with molecular detection in mother's blood at delivery and neonatal nasopharyngeal swabs at 5 and 28 hours of life and later IgG seroconversion. The newborn was asymptomatic.