Nature Communications (Oct 2020)
Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 vertical transmission during pregnancy
- Claudio Fenizia,
- Mara Biasin,
- Irene Cetin,
- Patrizia Vergani,
- Davide Mileto,
- Arsenio Spinillo,
- Maria Rita Gismondo,
- Francesca Perotti,
- Clelia Callegari,
- Alessandro Mancon,
- Selene Cammarata,
- Ilaria Beretta,
- Manuela Nebuloni,
- Daria Trabattoni,
- Mario Clerici,
- Valeria Savasi
Affiliations
- Claudio Fenizia
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan
- Mara Biasin
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan
- Irene Cetin
- Department of Woman, Mother and Neonate Buzzi Children’s Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli‐Sacco, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
- Patrizia Vergani
- Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Fondazione MBBM, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milan-Bicocca
- Davide Mileto
- Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bio-emergence Diagnosis, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan
- Arsenio Spinillo
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia
- Maria Rita Gismondo
- Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bio-emergence Diagnosis, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan
- Francesca Perotti
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo
- Clelia Callegari
- Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Fondazione MBBM, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milan-Bicocca
- Alessandro Mancon
- Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bio-emergence Diagnosis, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan
- Selene Cammarata
- Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Department of Biological and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan
- Ilaria Beretta
- Division of Infectious Diseases, San Gerardo Hospital, ASST Monza
- Manuela Nebuloni
- Pathology Unit, ASST Fatebenfretalli-Sacco, Department of Biological and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan
- Daria Trabattoni
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan
- Mario Clerici
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan
- Valeria Savasi
- Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Department of Biological and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18933-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
The impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy remains underexplored. Here, the authors provide a comprehensive characterization of virus and immunological parameters in 31 SARS-CoV-2-infected pregnant women, finding evidence of vertical transmission in two of the mother-child pairs.
