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ArticleActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2023

Is SARS-CoV-2 vertical transmission still a current problem? A case report on a diagnosed SARS-CoV-2 infection with a positive sample of urines.

Pier Luigi Bacchini, Antonino Sammartano, Piera Manfredi, Maria Luisa Bidetti, Monica Malpeli, Magda Magliani, Fabio Maradini, Luigi Ippolito

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Article in Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Pier Luigi Bacchini. pbacchini@ausl.pr.it.
Antonino SammartanoClical Pathology Unit , Medical and Diagnostic Dipartment, Fidenza. ansammartano@ausl.pr.it.
Piera ManfrediPediatrics, Fidenza Hospital, 43036, Fidenza (PR), Italy. pmanfredi@ausl.pr.it.
Maria Luisa BidettiPediatrics, Fidenza Hospital, 43036, Fidenza (PR), Italy. mbidetti@ausl.pr.it.
Monica MalpeliClinical Pathology Unit, Medical and Diagnostic Department, Fidenza Hospital, Fidenza (PR), Italy. mmalpeli@ausl.pr.it.
Magda MaglianiClinical Pathology Unit, Medical and Diagnostic Department, Fidenza Hospital, Fidenza (PR), Italy. mmagliani@ausl.pr.it.
Fabio MaradiniClinical Pathology Unit, Medical and Diagnostic Department, Fidenza Hospital, Fidenza (PR), Italy. fmaradini@ausl.pr.it.
Luigi IppolitoClinical Pathology Unit, Medical and Diagnostic Department, Fidenza Hospital, Fidenza (PR), Italy. lippolito@ausl.pr.it.
FIP Industriale (Italy) · ITCTO Hospital · ITATS Sardegna (Italy) · ITDepartment of Medical Sciences · RULaboratório Bacchi · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimCurrent data suggest little to no possibility of original COVID-19 transmission in pregnant women to the fetus during pregnancy or childbirth. Warning with Omicron new variants has decreased. CASE REPORT: A clinical case of a SARS-CoV-2 virus transplacental infection of a newborn, born at the end of 2022, from a mother who tested positive for Sars-covid-2 and positive IgM SARS-CoV-2 anti-virus. The newborn tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 12 hours after birth, and was clinically symptomatic after three days, an increase in IgM antibodies was not found, although the virus was identified in the urine samples through molecular tests. The insufficient time to determine the presence of antibodies and the immune system's state of immaturity can explain the lack of IgM in the newborn's blood at 14 days after birth.

conclusionsThe Omicron SARS-CoV-2 keeps provoking infections among newborns, especially if the mother contracts it during the third trimester. The host response is most likely influenced by the newborn's peculiar state of immune immaturity. Just before birth, a positive nasal swab and the presence of a positive urine examination confirmed the diagnosis of intraplacental exposure. Research on the virus through molecular tests of urines can represent an additional technique when an aetiological framework of the infection is necessary and a distinction between congenital and post-natal forms.

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COVID-19Pregnancy Complications, InfectiousFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin MInfant, NewbornInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPregnancySARS-CoV-2Immunoglobulin M

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