THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON PREGNANCY OUTCOMES AND ITS EFFECTS ON OXIDATIVE STRESS – MINI REVIEW

Abstract

Viral infections during pregnancy are not uncommon and may cause different complications both: 1) on the fetus; depending on which trimester when the woman gets infected, in addition to the 2) maternal complications. During the last decades, several cases of coronavirus like SARS, MERS have been identified in different regions of the world especially in the Middle East and Africa. According to the clinical experience of pregnancies that were complicated with infection by these types of coronaviruses, has led to pregnant women being considered potentially vulnerable to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. The impact of SARS-CoV-2 in pregnancy remains to be found , and researches are required to determine the effects on implantation, fetal growth and development, labor, and neonatal health and the role of the infection during pregnancy on the oxidative stress.