Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Environmental Contamination and Childbirth

Amy C Hermesch; Patrick F Horve; Alison Edelman; Leslie Dietz; David Constant; Mark Fretz; William B Messer; Robert Martindale; Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg

doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000004112

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Environmental Contamination and Childbirth

Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Oct;136(4):827-829. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004112.

Authors

Amy C Hermesch¹, Patrick F Horve, Alison Edelman, Leslie Dietz, David Constant, Mark Fretz, William B Messer, Robert Martindale, Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, the Program in Epidemiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, and the Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, and the Institute for Health in the Built Environment, University of Oregon, Portland, and the Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

Abstract

Patients with asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection give rise to SARS-CoV-2 environmental contamination during childbirth.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Asymptomatic Infections / epidemiology*
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods
Coronavirus Infections* / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / prevention & control
Delivery, Obstetric / methods
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control
Environmental Microbiology*
Environmental Monitoring / methods*
Female
Health Facility Environment
Humans
Infection Control / methods
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital*
Occupational Exposure / prevention & control*
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / prevention & control
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / prevention & control
SARS-CoV-2
United States / epidemiology