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A lot of interest in what #COVID19 means for babies, and not a lot of data yet. Thanks to @EBNEO and their #COVIDneo hashtag to keep things organized! I wanted to briefly summarize what is known so far. 1/x
There are basically 4 considerations for infants:
1) Perinatal infection (at delivery/postpartum)
2) Late congenital infection (2nd/3rd trimester)
3) Early congenital infection (1st trimester)
4) Pregnancy disruption.
Let's take these one at a time... 2/x
1) Perinatal infection (at delivery/postpartum)
2) Late congenital infection (2nd/3rd trimester)
3) Early congenital infection (1st trimester)
4) Pregnancy disruption.
Let's take these one at a time... 2/x
Perinatal infection. At present, there is some light evidence for perinatal infection. There was an infant in China who tested positive at 34 hours, and another in the UK who tested positive "after delivery". I haven't heard the exact timing of that baby, if anyone knows! 3/x
