Can SARS-COV-2 virus be considered as a causative agent of TORCH infections in newborn babies?

Abstract

Currently there is no clear understanding of COVID-19's place in structure of antenatal and perinatal mortality. Number of carefully documented cases of congenital infection with proven SARS-CoV-2 etiology in literature sources is within a hundred of clinical observations. Also, it has not yet been studied whether perinatal contact with new coronavirus has an adverse influence on child's health in the remote future, since abnormality of early neonatal adaptation in children whose mothers had COVID-19 shortly before childbirth, in most cases, manifest themselves in a mild form, and most commonly physicians cannot find confirmed by PCR assay of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in children. Prospective multicenter clinical trials are already underway in a number of countries to answer all the questions.

Keywords:pregnancy, newborn, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, transplacental infection, perinatal contact

Funding. The study had no sponsor support.

Conflict of interests. The author declare no conflict of interests.

For citation: Degtyarev D.N. Can SARS-COV-2 virus be considered as a causative agent of TORCH infections in newborn babies? Neonatologiya: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie [Neonatology: News, Opinions, Training]. 2021; 9 (1): 5-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2308-2402-2021-9-1-5-7 (in Russian)

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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Degtyarev Dmitriy Nikolaevich
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Scientific Research of the V.I. Kulakov Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology National Medical Research Center of Ministry of Healthсаre of the Russian Federation, Head of the Chair of Neonatology at the Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Russian Society of Neonatologists, Moscow, Russian Federation

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