Intrauterine vertical SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case confirming transplacental transmission followed by divergence of the viral genome

BJOG. 2021 Jul;128(8):1388-1394. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16682. Epub 2021 Mar 22.

M Zaigham¹, A Holmberg^{2

3}, M L Karlberg⁴, O K Lindsjö⁴, L Jokubkiene¹, J Sandblom⁵, A S Strand⁶, O Andersson⁵, S R Hansson⁷, D G Nord^{8

9}, P Tannenberg^{10

11}

¹ Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
² Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
³ Department of Infection Control, Region Skåne, Lund, Sweden.
⁴ Unit for Laboratory Development and Technology Transfer, Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Neonatology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Lund University and Regional Laboratories, Lund, Sweden.
⁷ Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
⁸ Clinical Genetics and Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
⁹ Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
¹⁰ Department of Paediatrics, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
¹¹ Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Abstract

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