Open AccessVertical transmission: evidence of COVID-19 in a twin pregnancy
Author(s) -
Héctor Salvador Godoy Morales,
Daniel Vieyra Córtes,
Hilda Sanchez Hernández,
Miguel Loyo Guiot,
Griselda Claribel Reyes Torres,
Francisco Miguel Rojas Camacho,
Gabriela Ayala Montoya,
Berenice Flores Maldonado,
José Guzmán Bárcenas,
Germán Gabriel Palacios López
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jbra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1518-0557
pISSN - 1517-5693
DOI - 10.5935/1518-0557.20210058
Subject(s) - covid-19 , placenta , transmission (telecommunications) , pregnancy , medicine , girl , obstetrics , horizontal transmission , pediatrics , fetus , biology , immunology , virology , genetics , virus , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , electrical engineering , engineering
This article reports the case of a 28-year-old female 31.6 weeks pregnant with twins diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection, who delivered a boy and a girl. The newborns underwent RT-PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2; the male tested negative and the female newborn tested positive, in that the female placenta was SARS-CoV-2 positive and the male placenta negative. Clinical and laboratory findings evincing vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 were identified. Strict, multidisciplinary prenatal care is recommended for this group of patients. This case report alone does not provide statistical evidence of vertical transmission, but it is an account of a relevant matter.