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authors: Khoiwal, Kavita; Kalita, Deepjyoti; Dhundi, Deepika; Kumari, Reena; Shankar, Ravi; Gaurav, Amrita; Bahadur, Anupama; Chaturvedi, Jaya
title: Detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in biological samples of pregnant women infected with COVID‐19: A prospective cross‐sectional study
date: 2021-09-21
journal: Int J Gynaecol Obstet
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.13928
sha: 2fdb55d67dec31e29c791096242fdf930a78e2a1
doc_id: 881837
cord_uid: ltsa91dy

SARS‐CoV‐2 was detected in the vaginal and cervical fluid, amniotic fluid, cord blood, placental membranes, and breastmilk of pregnant women, therefore suggesting the possibility of vertical transmission.

TA B L E 2 Support for FGM based on gender among high school students in The Gambia: a report of coefficent estimates by logistical regressional analysis The mean age of the study participants was 27.34 ± 4.6 years, and mean parity was 1.83 ± 1.13. Baseline characteristics and laboratory results of the study participants are described in Table 1 . The strengths of the present study are its fair sample size, prospective nature, and evaluation of multiple samples; however, there are certain limitations as we did not evaluate maternal blood and feces or IUD fetuses for the presence of SARS-CoV-2. Furthermore, neonatal throat swabs were not repeatedly tested after 24 h and we did not test for the presence of IgM antibodies in the neonate's blood. A well designed study including these parameters will provide more robust results.

The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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