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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

IgM and IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in neonates born to mothers with COVID-19

Semeshkin AA, Vechorko VI, Silaev BV, Levchuk NN, Polikarpova SV, Averkov OV
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Filatov City Clinical Hospital № 15, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Borislav V. Silaev
Veshnyakovskaya, 23/1, Moscow, 111517; ur.xednay@vealisrd

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Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Filatov City Clinical Hospital No. 15 (Protocol No. 5 dated May12, 2020). Informed consent was obtained from all study participants or their legal representatives.

Author contribution: Semeshkin AA — data acquisition, blood collection for antibody tests in neonates, nasopharyngeal swab collection for PCR tests in neonates, analysis of the obtained data, manuscript preparation; Vechorko VI, Averkov OV — study planning, analysis of the obtained data; Silaev BV — study planning, blood collection for antibody tests in mothers, nasopharyngeal swab collection for PCR tests in mothers, data analysis, literature analysis, manuscript preparation; Levchuk NN — data acquisition, laboratory tests for IgM and IgG, analysis of the obtained data; Polikarpova SV — data acquisition, PCR tests in mothers and neonates, literature analysis, analysis of the obtained data.

Received: 2020-05-26 Accepted: 2020-06-13 Published online: 2020-06-26
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