Vertical transmission of corona virus - possibly first case from Pakistan | [Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal • 2020]

Author(s):

1. Muhammad Aatif: Pakistan Naval Ship (PNS) Hafeez Hospital,Islamabad,Pakistan

2. Faisal Basheer: Combined Military Hospital Bahawalpur,Pakistan

3. Jawad Jalil: Combined Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi Pakistan

4. Sundas Jahanzaib: Pakistan Naval Ship (PNS) Hafeez Hospital,Islamabad,Pakistan

5. Fatima Sharif Khan: Pakistan Naval Ship (PNS) Hafeez Hospital,Islamabad,Pakistan

Abstract:

On 26th Feb 2020, corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a novel corona virus also called severe acute respiratory corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) first emerged in Pakistan. As the number of cases in Pakistan is increasing, cases are also being reported in pregnant women. Very rarely cases have also been reported in neonates. Possible mode of transmission from an infected mother to the neonate is through either intrauterine infection (by haematogenous spread through placenta, in utero aspiration or ingestion of amniotic fluid) or neonatal infection (by ingestion or contact with infected amniotic fluid or maternal secretions). No case of intrauterine transmission has been reported to date from Pakistan. We are reporting a case of possible intra uterine transmission in a neonate.

Page(s): 427-429

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Year: 2020

Keywords:

COVID19 , Intrauterine transmission , Neonate

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