Low prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among pregnant and postpartum patients with universal screening in Seattle, Washington.

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Low prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among pregnant and postpartum patients with universal screening in Seattle, Washington.

Clin Infect Dis. 2020 May 30;:

Authors: LaCourse SM, Kachikis A, Blain M, Simmons LE, Mays JA, Pattison AD, Salerno CC, McCartney SA, Kretzer NM, Resnick R, Shay RL, Savitsky LM, Curtin AC, Huebner EM, Ma KK, Delaney S, Delgado C, Schippers A, Munson J, Pottinger PS, Cohen S, Neme S, Bourassa L, Bryan A, Greninger A, Jerome KR, Roxby AC, Lokken E, Cheng E, Adams Waldorf KM, Hitti J

Abstract
We found a low prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (2.7% [5/188]) among pregnant and postpartum patients after initiating universal testing. Prevalence among symptomatic patients (22.2% [4/18]) was similar to initial targeted screening approaches (19.1% [8/42]). Among 170 asymptomatic patients, two were positive or inconclusive, respectively; repeat testing at 24 hours was negative.

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