COVID-19 symptoms and antibody positivity among unvaccinated pregnant women: An observational study in seven countries from the Global Network.
Avinash KaviShivaprasad S GoudarManjunath S SomannavarJanet L MooreRichard J DermanSarah SaleemSeemab NaqviS K Masum BillahRashidul HaqueLester FigueroaManolo MazariegosAdrien LokangakaAntoinette TshefuFabian EsamaiMusaku MwenechanyaElwyn ChombaArchana B PatelPrabirkumar DasMelissa BausermanWilliam A PetriNancy F KrebsWaldemar A CarloSherri BucherPatricia L HibberdMarion Koso-ThomasElizabeth M McClureRobert L GoldenbergPublished in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (2023)
In a population-based cohort in LMICs, unvaccinated pregnant women who were antibody-positive had slightly more symptoms during their pregnancy and a small but significantly greater increase in fever. However, for prevalence studies, evaluating COVID-19-related symptoms does not appear to be useful in differentiating pregnant women who have had a COVID-19 infection.