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ArticleJournal of paediatrics and child health2022

Clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection in neonates and the probability of maternal transmission.

Mohammad Em Mahfouz, Mohamed Elrewiny, Ahmed S Abdel-Moneim

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Article in Journal of paediatrics and child health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammad Em MahfouzMicrobiology Department, College of Medicine, Taif University, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed ElrewinyNeonatology Department, Maternity Hospital, KFMC, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed S Abdel-MoneimMicrobiology Department, College of Medicine, Taif University, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3148-6782
Taif University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study aimed to measure the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in neonates from infected mothers and to screen disease severity in neonates.

methodsWe conducted a population-based cohort study of neonates from SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers, enrolling mothers who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and their neonates. Eleven infants <25 days old presenting with SARS-CoV-2 infection were also included in the study. We recorded clinical symptoms of SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers and their neonates.

resultsOne of 126 babies born to SARS-CoV-2-infected mothers was found to be positive (0.79%). The referred positive neonates were either asymptomatic or suffered from symptoms ranging from mild respiratory distress to pneumonia. Most SARS-CoV-2-positive neonates showed neutropenia and lymphocytosis. Most of the SARS-CoV-2-infected mothers (n = 126) were either asymptomatic (46, 36.5%) or showed mild respiratory distress (66, 52.4%). However, pneumonia and severe respiratory distress were reported in 14 (11.1%) of the SARS-CoV-2-infected mothers. There were no deaths of either SARS-CoV-2-infected mothers or neonates.

conclusionWe conclude that mothers transmitted infection to their neonates at a very low rate. Disease in neonates is usually mild, although some babies have severe disease. SARS-CoV-2 infection in late pregnancy usually leads to mild maternal disease, but severe disease is reported in approximately one-tenth of the infected women.

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COVID-19Pregnancy Complications, InfectiousRespiratory Distress SyndromeCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPregnancyProbabilitySARS-CoV-2COVID-19maternal infectionneonatal infectionSARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC9115235
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