Specific immunoglobulin g antibody detected in umbilical blood and amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman infected by the coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome

Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2004 Nov;11(6):1182-4. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.11.6.1182-1184.2004.

Abstract

Specific immunoglobulin G antibody for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus was detected in maternal blood, umbilical blood, and amniotic fluid from a pregnant SARS patient. Potential protection of fetus from infection was suggested.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amniotic Fluid / immunology*
  • Amniotic Fluid / virology
  • Female
  • Fetal Blood / immunology*
  • Fetal Blood / virology
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Maternally-Acquired / immunology*
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology*
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / immunology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology*
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / immunology*
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / immunology*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G