Classification system and case definition for SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women, fetuses, and neonates

Prakesh S Shah^{1

2

3}, Yenge Diambomba^{1

2}, Ganesh Acharya^{4

5}, Shaun K Morris^{2

6}, Ari Bitnun^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Maternal-infant Care Research Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute and Center for Fetal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Women's Health and Perinatology Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁶ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Prakesh S Shah et al. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;99(5):565-568.

doi: 10.1111/aogs.13870.

Prakesh S Shah^{1

2

3}, Yenge Diambomba^{1

2}, Ganesh Acharya^{4

5}, Shaun K Morris^{2

6}, Ari Bitnun^{2

6}

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Maternal-infant Care Research Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute and Center for Fetal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Women's Health and Perinatology Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁶ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors report no actual or potential conflicts of interest.

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