Neonatal Early-Onset Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in 33 Neonates Born to Mothers With COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Jul 1;174(7):722-725. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0878.

Authors

Lingkong Zeng¹, Shiwen Xia², Wenhao Yuan¹, Kai Yan³, Feifan Xiao³, Jianbo Shao⁴, Wenhao Zhou³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neonatology, Institute of Maternal and Child Health, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Neonatology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China.
³ National Children's Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Institute of Maternal and Child Health, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Abstract

This cohort study examines medical records of 33 neonates born to women with COVID-19 to provide information on maternal-child transmission and infant outcomes.

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / genetics*
COVID-19
China / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
Prognosis
RNA, Viral / analysis*
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

RNA, Viral