Preterm birth is not associated with asymptomatic/mild SARS-CoV-2 infection per se: Pre-pregnancy state is what matters

• Stefano Cosma ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SC and ARC are co-first authors.

  Affiliation Gynecology and Obstetrics 1, Sant Anna University Hospital, Department of Surgical Sciences, City of Health and Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0563-0071

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• Andrea Roberto Carosso ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andrea88.carosso@gmail.com

  ¶‡ SC and ARC are co-first authors.

  Affiliation Gynecology and Obstetrics 1, Sant Anna University Hospital, Department of Surgical Sciences, City of Health and Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7734-4499

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• Jessica Cusato,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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• Fulvio Borella,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gynecology and Obstetrics 1, Sant Anna University Hospital, Department of Surgical Sciences, City of Health and Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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• Marco Carosso,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Gynecology and Obstetrics 1, Sant Anna University Hospital, Department of Surgical Sciences, City of Health and Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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• Fiammetta Gervasoni,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Gynecology and Obstetrics 1, Sant Anna University Hospital, Department of Surgical Sciences, City of Health and Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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• Ilaria Stura,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Paediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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• Mario Preti,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gynecology and Obstetrics 1, Sant Anna University Hospital, Department of Surgical Sciences, City of Health and Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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• Valeria Ghisetti,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy

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• Giovanni Di Perri,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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• Chiara Benedetto

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gynecology and Obstetrics 1, Sant Anna University Hospital, Department of Surgical Sciences, City of Health and Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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