What The Study Did: This report of maternal viral load, transplacental antibody transmission and placental pathology in 127 pregnancies during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic provides needed data about maternal viral control, reduced transplacental transfer of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and lack of vertical transmission in mother-newborn pairs.
Authors: Andrea G. Edlow, M.D., M.Sc., of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.30455)
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