Evidence of mother-to-newborn infection with COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China.
² Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanyang Medical College, Nanyang, Henan, People's Republic of China.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Xinyang Vocational and Technical College, Xinyang, Henan, People's Republic of China.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: zxie@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: jqzhang@henu.edu.cn.

Case Reports

Mingyang Sun et al. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;125(2):e245-e247.

doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.04.066. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China.
² Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanyang Medical College, Nanyang, Henan, People's Republic of China.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Xinyang Vocational and Technical College, Xinyang, Henan, People's Republic of China.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: zxie@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: jqzhang@henu.edu.cn.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Caesarean delivery; infection; mother; newborn; obstetric; perinatal; vertical transmission.

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