IDCases (Jan 2020)

Sars-CoV-2 isolation from a 10-day-old newborn in Italy: A case report

  • Giuseppe Lenoci,
  • Domenico Galante,
  • Edmondo Ceci,
  • Viviana Manzulli,
  • Angela Maria Moramarco,
  • Anna Chiaromonte,
  • Giuseppina Labarile,
  • Simone Lattarulo,
  • Annalisa Resta,
  • Lorenzo Pace,
  • Valeria Rondinone,
  • Antonio Parisi,
  • Dora Cipolletta,
  • Leonardo Marino,
  • Iolanda Padalino,
  • Luigina Serrecchia,
  • Angela Aceti,
  • Michela Iatarola,
  • Francesco Tolve,
  • Antonio Fasanella

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22
p. e00960

Abstract

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This report describes the evolution of COVID-19 in a 10 day-old-baby. The mother developed the disease immediately after childbirth and therefore a vertical transmission can be excluded. The isolation of the virus in cell culture with a cytopathic effect already visible after 48 h, indicates that the viral load of the newborn was quite high, but not serious course of the disease was observed. This paper wants to highlight the possible role of newborns and children in the spread of the disease.

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