key: cord-0725580-jbpc7hq0
authors: Carosso, Andrea; Cosma, Stefano; Benedetto, Chiara
title: Vaginal delivery in COVID-19 pregnant women: anorectum as a potential alternative route of SARS-CoV-2 transmission
date: 2020-06-10
journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.06.012
sha: 6f5627065c462e73e29effa44031c5bc3e5ede04
doc_id: 725580
cord_uid: jbpc7hq0

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CoV-2 transmission 2 Andrea Carosso 1 *, Stefano Cosma 1 , and Chiara Benedetto 1 To shed further light on this topic, mothers whose newborns test positive for SARS-CoV-2 after vaginal birth 63 should be tested by anal swab to establish the true incidence of this transmission route in large samples and 64 to avert the risk of underestimating it. 65

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 detection in the female 68 lower genital tract

Pre-labor anorectal swab for SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 patients: 71 is it time to think about it?

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