Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2021)

Intrauterine Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

  • Emanuele T. S. Stonoga,
  • Laura de Almeida Lanzoni,
  • Patricia Zadorosnei Rebutini,
  • André Luiz Permegiani de Oliveira,
  • Jullie Anne Chiste,
  • Cyllian Arias Fugaça,
  • Daniele M. M. Prá,
  • Ana Paula Percicote,
  • Andrea Rossoni,
  • Meri Bordignon Nogueira,
  • Lucia de Noronha,
  • Sonia Mara Raboni

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.203824
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 2
pp. 638 – 641

Abstract

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We documented fetal death associated with intrauterine transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. We found chronic histiocytic intervillositis, maternal and fetal vascular malperfusion, microglial hyperplasia, and lymphocytic infiltrate in muscle in the placenta and fetal tissue. Placenta and umbilical cord blood tested positive for the virus by PCR, confirming transplacental transmission.

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