Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2004)

SARS and Pregnancy: A Case Report

  • Corwin A. Robertson,
  • Sara A. Lowther,
  • Thomas Birch,
  • Christina Tan,
  • Faye Sorhage,
  • Lauren Stockman,
  • L. Clifford McDonald,
  • Jairam R. Lingappa,
  • Eddy Bresnitz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1002.030736
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 345 – 348

Abstract

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We report a laboratory-confirmed case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a pregnant woman. Although the patient had respiratory failure, a healthy infant was subsequently delivered, and the mother is now well. There was no evidence of viral shedding at delivery. Antibodies to SARS virus were detected in cord blood and breast milk.

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