Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection During Pregnancy: A Report of 5 Cases From Saudi Arabia

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• Alternative Title:
  Clin Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Assiri, Abdullah ; Abedi, Glen R. ; Al Masri, Malak ; Saeed, Abdulaziz Bin ; Gerber, Susan I. ; Watson, John T.
• Description:
  Little is known about the effects of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) during pregnancy. In Saudi Arabia, 5 cases of MERS-CoV infection among pregnant women were reviewed, and all cases resulted in adverse outcomes. MERS-CoV infection during pregnancy may be associated with maternal and perinatal disease and death.
• Subjects:
  Adult Article Female Humans Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Pregnancy Outcome
• Source:
  Clin Infect Dis. 63(7):951-953
• Pubmed ID:
  27358348
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5812010
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Saudi Arabia
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a7c30c167bd3275a813db1a6cdf5632d938f79a9dca2d7d338ae8e4f71c1599f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51828/cdc_51828_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 45.51 KB ]