Clinical Case Reports (Apr 2021)

A neonate born to an infected COVID‐19 mother was tested positive just 24 hours after its birth

  • Roya Arif Huseynova,
  • Latifa A. Bin Mahmoud,
  • Oqtay Huseynov,
  • Mishary Almalkey,
  • Ameen Amer Almotiri,
  • Haider Hussein Sumaily,
  • Adli AbdelRahim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3913
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 1954 – 1957

Abstract

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Abstract Given the importance of possible vertical transmission, it is essential to study all neonates delivered from COVID‐19 positive mothers to analyze the route of transmission of infection that will optimize the universal testing for SARS‐CoV‐2 and minimize the risk of disease in neonates.

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