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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.

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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