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Review
. 2021 Jan 29:538:180-186.
doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.12.064. Epub 2020 Dec 24.

Comprehensive analysis of COVID-19 during pregnancy

Kathryn M Moore  1 , Mehul S Suthar  2
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Review

Comprehensive analysis of COVID-19 during pregnancy

Kathryn M Moore et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. .

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic resulting from the emergence of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 remains a major global health concern. Pregnant individuals are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 and a number of pregnancy complications have been observed in COVID-19 patients. To date, little is known about the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy. In this review, we examine key aspects of pregnancy that may be impacted by COVID-19 and summarize the current literature on SARS-CoV-2 infection of the placenta and in utero vertical transmission. Furthermore, we highlight recent studies exploring the role of the maternal antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and the passive transfer of maternal antibodies from mothers with COVID-19 to fetus.

Keywords: Antibody response; COVID-19; Placenta; Pregnancy; SARS-CoV-2; Vertical transmission.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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