SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection in pregnant women: characterization of symptoms and syndromes predictive of disease and severity through real-time, remote participatory epidemiology.

ABSTRACT: To test whether pregnant and non-pregnant women differ in COVID-19 symptom profile and severity. To extend previous investigations on hospitalized pregnant women to those who did not require hospitalization. Observational study prospectively collecting longitudinal (smartphone application interface) and cross-sectional (web-based survey) data. Community-based self-participatory citizen surveillance in the United Kingdom, Sweden and the United States of America. Two female community-based cohorts aged 18-44 years. The discovery cohort was drawn from 1,170,315 UK, Sweden and USA women (79 pregnant tested positive) who self-reported status and symptoms longitudinally via smartphone. The replication cohort included 1,344,966 USA women (134 pregnant tested positive) who provided cross-sectional

SUBMITTER: Molteni E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7444306 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature