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Wu, Y.-T., Liu, J., Xu, J.-J., Chen, Y.-F., Yang, W., Chen, Y., Li, C., Wang, Y., Liu, H., Zhang, C., Jiang, L., Qian, Z.-X., Kawai, A., et al. (2020) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Pregnancy: 2 Case Reports on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China. PLOS Medicine, 17, e1003195.
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• TITLE: Vertical Transmission of Coronavirus in Obstetrics: A Myth or Truth?

  AUTHORS: Salma Abdi Mahmoud, Ali M. Ussi, Chukwuma J. Okafor

  KEYWORDS: Coronavirus, Obstetrics, In-Utero, Intrapartum, Postpartum

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.11 No.3, March 24, 2021

  ABSTRACT: In obstetrics, the maternal immune system plays a critical role in the establishment and maintenance of a healthy pregnancy. The immune response of the placenta plays important role in determining a maternal vulnerability toward infectious diseases. The various adverse outcome, ranging from preterm birth, injury to the fetal brain cortex and fetal death are all documented in infected neonates. In obstetrics, viral infections can be either transmitted through the in-utero, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. Nevertheless, with the recent pandemic of coronavirus and some documented cases of a positively infected neonate, it is becoming more apparent that the mode of transmission of coronavirus during pregnancy needs to be better understood. This review focuses on revealing the possible modes of transmission of the coronavirus in obstetrics.