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Risk of Transmission of COVID-19 from the Mother to the Foetus: A Systematic Review Cover

Risk of Transmission of COVID-19 from the Mother to the Foetus: A Systematic Review

Open Access
|Nov 2024

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Results of studies based on the PRISMA method.
Results of studies based on the PRISMA method.

Summary of the 17 included studies in the systematic review

Author, year (country)StudyPopulationExposureMain Outcomes
Chen et al. 2020 (China) [18]Retrospective StudyNine pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy and their neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Chen S. et al. 2020 (China) [19]Case reportFive pregnant women and their neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Zhu et al. 2020 (China) [20]Retrospective StudyNine women and ten neonates (one twin pregnancy)Positive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Ferrazzi et al. 2020 (Italy) [23]Retrospective Study42 women with COVID-19 and their neonatesPositive COVID-19 testAmong the 42 births, three infants tested positive for COVID-19 post-delivery on days one and three, respectively
Liao et al. 2020 (China) [22]Retrospective StudyTen women, positive for COVID-19, and ten neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Liu et al. 2020 (China) [23]Retrospective Study51 women and 51 neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Nie et al. 2020 (China) [26]Retrospective Study33 women and 28 neonatesPositive COVID-19 testOnly a neonate was found to have SARS-CoV-2 infection
Pereira et al. 2020 (Spain) [27]Cohort study60 women and their neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Qiancheng et al 2020 (China) [29]Retrospective Study82 women and their neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Rosen et al. 2021 (Israel) [30]Cohort study55 women and their neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Wang et al. 2020 (China) [29]Case studyA woman and her neonatePositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Yan et al. 2020 (China) [32]Retrospective Study116 women and 86 neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Breslin et al. 2020 (USA) [33]Retrospective Study43 Women and their neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Yang et al. 2020 (China) [32]Retrospective StudySeven women and their neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Yang et al. 2020 (China) [33]Retrospective Study24 women and their neonatesPositive COVID-19 testThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
Chen Y. et al. 2020 (China) [34]Case studyFour women and their neonatesPositive COVID-19 TestThere was no indication of vertical transmission of COVID-19 to the neonates
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20242801.d-24-00032 | Journal eISSN: 2719-535X | Journal ISSN: 2719-6488
Language: English
Page range: 94 - 101
Submitted on: Jun 15, 2024
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Accepted on: Oct 17, 2024
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Published on: Nov 20, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Ermioni Palaska, Eleni Golia, Evgenia Zacharogianni, Anastasia Bothou, Maria Tziriridou-Chatzopoulou, Maria Dagla, Evangelia Antoniou, Eirini Orovou, published by Institute of Mother and Child
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