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13 July 2020
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13 July 2020
"It does not seem that pregnant women are more susceptible to infection, nor that, if they do present it, their respiratory complications are more serious than in the general population," experts have pointed out.
Specialists from the Gynecology and Pediatrics Unit of the Jaén University Hospital have published a study in the prestigious Spanish Clinical Journal on the possibilities of transmission of Covid-19 from mothers who have tested positive in PCR tests and their children at birth.
According to the conclusion of this work, led by gynecologist Jesús Hijona, the four mothers studied have not transmitted this disease. The medical team, made up of Hijona, Antonio Carballo, Martín Bermúdez and pediatrician Juan Francisco Expósito, have carried out various tests to analyze the possible presence of this virus in the vaginal discharge and amniotic fluid of four pregnant patients affected by mild acute symptoms of Covid-19 during the second trimester of pregnancy.
Among the tests, amniocentesis has been performed for reasons unrelated to Covid-19 in mothers who required this technique and from which it has been possible to analyze the results for possible infections, as explained in a statement by the Board.
Although the work emphasizes the importance of expanding the spectrum of the sample of these parameters in pregnant women, according to the data obtained in the cases studied, the experts rule that "they have not found laboratory evidence that suggests a possible passage of SARS-CoV -2 from the infected mother to the amniotic fluid."
Thus, Hijona has pointed out that "it does not seem that pregnant women are more susceptible to infection, nor that, if they do present it, their respiratory complications are more serious than in the general population."
Jesús Hijona has highlighted that in these results "it can be assumed that, if there is vertical transmission of coronavirus, it must be infrequent, so it is not foreseeable that congenital defects associated with it could occur."
"In any case, it will be time and rigorous observation of the cases that will clarify the real influence that SARSCoV-2 exerts on pregnant women and their offspring, as well as those factors that modulate the disease," the researcher stated.
On the other hand, the study recognizes how these days cases of neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection have been described, with adverse effects on newborns: respiratory distress, thrombocytopenia, alteration of liver function and even death.
