Raktima Chakrabarti Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
General Pediatrics, Neonatology, Development Pediatrics and Neuropsychology, Pediatri Critical Care, Adolescent Medicine
Department of Mother and Child, Faculty of Medicine, University of Parakou, PO Box 123, Parakou, Benin
I have done my sub-speciality training in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine. Pediatric Nephrology at the University of Tennessee, where he founded the pediatric General Clinical Research Center.
Special Issue Article Open Access
Author(s): Raktima Chakrabarti
Covid 19 is a dangerous RNA virus infection which has created a pandemic in the whole world since 2020. Unfortunately it created a huge death toll. During pregnancy the immunity of the mothers gets decreased and naturally they also contract the infection and the worse part is that during this time many antiviral treatments are contraindicated. So the unborn infants pose the greatest risk.
Babies under the age of one year might be at higher risk of severe infection than older children as their immune system is immature; airway is smaller which makes them more likely to develop breathing issues with respiratory virus infections.
Though the maternal to fetal transport of virus is limited due to unknown reason, the new-borns can become infected with the virus during chil... view moreĀ»