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. 2020 Jul;136(1):65-67.
doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003926.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vertical Transmission in Neonates Born to Mothers With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vertical Transmission in Neonates Born to Mothers With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia

Xiaolin Hu et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

One of seven neonates born to women with symptomatic coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection tested positive for the infection and was asymptomatic.

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