Laura A St Clair, Raghda E Eldesouki, Jaiprasath Sachithanandham, Anna Yin, Amary Fall, C Paul Morris, Julie M Norton, Michael Forman, Omar Abdullah, Santosh Dhakal, Caelan Barranta, Hana Golding, Susan J Bersoff-Matcha, Catherine Pilgrim-Grayson, Leah Berhane, Andrea L Cox, Irina Burd, Andrew Pekosz, Heba H Mostafa, Eili Y Klein, Sabra L Klein
IMPORTANCE: Pregnant women are at increased risk of severe COVID-19, but the contribution of viral RNA load, the presence of infectious virus, and mucosal antibody responses remain understudied. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of COVID-19 outcomes following confirmed infection with vaccination status, mucosal antibody responses, infectious virus recovery and viral RNA levels in pregnant compared with non-pregnant women. DESIGN: A retrospective observational cohort study of remnant clinical specimens from SARS-CoV-2 infected patients between October 2020-May 2022...
March 20, 2023: medRxiv