COVID-19 Infection Not Tied to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Only 7% of mothers delivering at large county health system tested positive for COVID-19, as did 3% of tested infants.
Only 7% of mothers delivering at large county health system tested positive for COVID-19, as did 3% of tested infants.
Investigators quantified the risk of antenatal influenza and examined its association with perinatal outcomes.
Study authors evaluated the performance of symptom-based definitions to detect influenza in a cohort of pregnant women in India, Peru, and Thailand.
Study authors assessed the rate of vertical transmission of cytomegalovirus in pregnant women depending on with CMV infections are acquired periconceptionally or within the first trimester.
Authors assessed the association between iciHHV-6 and spontaneous abortion, as well as the pregnancy histories of mothers in families with iciHHV-6, to determine if paternal origin is more common than maternal origin.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are less likely to report symptoms but are more likely to require intensive care unit admission compared with nonpregnant women of reproductive age.
Study reveals no evidence for an association between first-trimester vaccination and major malformations or congenital heart defects in infants.
Higher rates of decidual arteriopathy and other maternal vascular malperfusion features are seen in placentas of women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
Pregnant women had a high level of awareness about Zika virus during the 2016 outbreak, according to a study published in the May issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
New polices, including testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV) during pregnancy, may increase HCV identification in the pediatric population by addressing gaps in maternal HCV testing.