Thamirys Cosmo Grillo

Patients, Sample Collection, and Groups The cohort consisted of placentas from 23 pregnant women who received prenatal care and delivered at the Jundiaí University Hospital (between 2020 May and June, two months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic [15], and Brazil had already registered approximately 100 confirmed cases). The demographic data and clinical characteristics of the patients are summarized in Table 1.