Exploring the emergence of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A Rapid Review: Exploring the emergence of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2:

Exploring the emergence of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A Rapid Review

Exploring the emergence of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2:

Authors

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i4.10852

Keywords:

Amniotic fluid; vertical transmission; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for the global pandemic of COVID-19. It has been shown to spread through respiratory droplets, direct contact and environmental fomites. The possibility of its spread by other modes viz. airborne, fecal-oral, vertical, etc. is being explored and can have implications in planning preventive strategies and disease management. A systematic analysis was carried out using the keywords; “COVID 19 vertical transmission”, “SARS-CoV-2 pregnancy”, and “SARS-CoV-2 vertical transmission”, and the cases suggestive of possible vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 were studied in detail. The available evidences point at a possibility of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Author Biographies

Vidhi Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.

Vidhi Jain, MD

Assistant Professor,

Department of Microbiology,

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.

Tanuj Kanchan, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur, India

Tanuj Kanchan, MD (Additional Professor), Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Kewal Krishan, Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Dr. Kewal Krishan, Ph.D., FRAI Associate Professor and former Chair, Department of Anthropology, (UGC Centre of Advanced Study) Panjab University, Sector-14, Chandigarh, India E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] +919876048205 (Mobile) Dr. Kewal Krishan is a renowned forensic anthropologist and presently serving as Associate Professor and former Chairperson at the Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He passed his BSc (Hons.), MSc (Hons.), and Ph.D. from Panjab University, India. He is well known for his contributions to forensic and biological anthropology in Indian populations. He published more than 222 articles in international and national journals of repute including high impact and reputed journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine, and The Lancet. Dr. Krishan has contributed to the advancement of Forensic Science and its applications in Indian populations. He has devised many methods of criminal investigation and formulae to be used in the criminal investigation process. He contributed invited chapters to the most coveted Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences (2013), Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (2016) published by Elsevier and Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences (2018) published by Wiley-Blackwell. He is the Editor and on the panel of editors of various reputed international journals such as Forensic Science International, Medicine Science and the Law, Archives of Public Health etc. He has been awarded the fellowship of the Royal Anthropological Institute (FRAI) of Great Britain and Ireland, London for his contributions to forensic anthropology in India. His research has been cited by more than 8500 studies in the scientific literature. His Wikipedia profile is available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kewal_Krishan_(forensic_anthropologist) His interests include Forensics, Human biology, Biological anthropology, Human morphology, Anthropometry, Forensic podiatry, Publication ethics, Malnutrition and anthropological aspects of Public Health

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22-12-2020

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Vol. 91 No. 4 (2020): Vol. 91 No. 4 (2020): COVID-19 Update

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Jain V, Kanchan T, Krishan K. Exploring the emergence of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A Rapid Review: Exploring the emergence of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2:. Acta Biomed. 2020;91(4):e2020129. doi:10.23750/abm.v91i4.10852
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