• Meyra PotkonjakAnaADepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia., Vesna Gall, Danko Milošević, Vesna Košec, and Boris Filipović-Grčić.
• Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.
• Acta Clin Croat. 2022 Dec 1; 61 (4): 681691681-691.

AbstractEver since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainty regarding clinical presentation and differences among various subpopulations exist. With more than 209,870,000 confirmed cases and more than 4,400,000 deaths worldwide, we are facing the new era of health crisis which will undoubtedly impair global health, economic and social circumstances. In the past year, numerous genetic mutations which code SARS-CoV-2 proteins led to the occurrence of new viral strains, with higher transmission rates. Apart from the implementation of vaccination, the effect of SARS-CoV-2 on pregnancy outcome and maternal fetal transmission remains an important concern. Although neonates diagnosed with COVID-19 were mostly asymptomatic or presented with mild disease, the effect on early pregnancy is yet to be evident. While positive finding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in some samples such as amniotic fluid, placental tissue, cord blood and breast milk exists, additional research should confirm its association with transplacental transmission.Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital.

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