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Editorial
. 2020 Jun;37(8):769-772.
doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1712457. Epub 2020 Jun 5.

Vertical Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: What is the Optimal Definition?

Dean A Blumberg  1 , Mark A Underwood  1 , Herman L Hedriana  2 , Satyan Lakshminrusimha  1
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Editorial

Vertical Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: What is the Optimal Definition?

Dean A Blumberg et al. Am J Perinatol. 2020 Jun.
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Fig. 1
Peripartum “vertical” transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection: maternal COVID-19, timeline of infectivity, symptom duration and antibody titers with modes of transmission and neonatal status are shown. The inset graph shows the period of positive testing with nasopharyngeal RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 in the blue shaded area. The duration of symptoms is shown by the black bar on the horizontal axis. The titers of IgM (green line) and IgG (red line) in typical patients as described in Li et al are shown. Potential methods of intrauterine, intrapartum and immediate postnatal transmission are depicted in the left panel. Neonatal testing status with nasopharyngeal RT-PCR and serology titers are shown in the pink box for intrauterine transmission, the orange box for intrapartum or immediate postnatal transmission, the yellow box for superficial contamination/transient viremia and the green box for no evidence of neonatal infection. COVID-19, novel coronavirus disease 2019; Ig, immunoglobulin; RT-PCR, real-time polymerase chain reaction; SARS CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2.
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