Is COVID-19 Similar in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women?
Copyright © 2020, Selim et al..
Approximately one-third of infected pregnant women died from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) epidemics of the past two decades. It is logical to predict that pregnant women infected with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) might be at higher risk for severe illness, morbidity, or mortality compared with non-pregnant women. However, a review of the literature indicates that pregnant women are not more likely to be seriously ill than other healthy non-pregnant women if they develop coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This observation begs the question: "Why does pregnancy not increase the risk for acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection, nor does it worsen the clinical course of COVID-19 compared with non-pregnant individuals?" Herein, we try to explain our observations when considering whether the immunologic changes of pregnancy and other physiologic adaptations of pregnancy affect the virulence and course of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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2020 |
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2020 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12 |
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| Enthalten in: |
Cureus - 12(2020), 6 vom: 28. Juni, Seite e8888 |
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Englisch |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Selim, Mohamed [VerfasserIn] |
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Adaptive immunity |
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Date Revised 28.09.2020 published: Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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10.7759/cureus.8888 |
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