A microscopic section from the placenta of an infected mother and her fetus. By using an antibody against SARS-CoV-2, infected placental cells of fetal origin, termed syncytiotrophoblast cells, can be seen in brown, lining the surface of the chorionic villi of the placenta. In this case, the coronavirus was transmitted from the mother to the fetus through the placenta.
D. MOROTTI ET AL., "MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY ANALYSIS OF SARS-COV-2 IN SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST AND HOFBAUER CELLS IN PLACENTA FROM A PREGNANT WOMAN AND FETUS WITH COVID-19. PATHOGENS, 10:479, 2021.
Clinicians in Ireland are warning about a spate of stillbirths in the first few months of 2021 that they have linked to SARS-CoV-2 infections. There were six women in the country who suffered stillbirths and one who experienced a miscarriage, each a few weeks after she had COVID-19. Five of the cases so far involved the variant B.1.1.7, which has now come to dominate cases ...
