The objectives are to understand the prevalence of maternal fetal transmission, risk factors and outcomes of a COVID19 positive pregnancy, and how the virus can be passed from mother to infant in the pregnant population at Mayo Clinic Rochester MN. Assessments will include the viral detection and viral load in maternal and fetal specimens collected from COVID19 positive mother-baby dyads, presence of maternal and fetal inflammatory markers in blood and tissues, anti-COVID IgG and IgM in maternal and neonatal blood, viral load and viral antigens in maternal and fetal specimens. placental gross and histopathologic changes in COVID19 infected mothers, stratified by gestational age and disease severity, compared to control samples.
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