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Previously we found higher viral diversity in the vagina during pregnancy associated with preterm birth (PTB) and Black race. We hypothesized that higher diversity and viral copy numbers in the plasma would show similar trends.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>To test this hypothesis, we evaluated longitudinally collected plasma samples from 23 pregnant patients (11 term and 12 preterm) using metagenomic sequencing with ViroCap enrichment to enhance virus detection. Sequence data were analyzed with the ViroMatch pipeline.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We detected nucleic acid from at least 1 virus in at least 1 sample from 87% (20\/23) of the maternal subjects. The viruses represented 5 families: <jats:italic>Herpesviridae, Poxviridae, Papillomaviridae, Anelloviridae<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Flaviviridae.<\/jats:italic> We analyzed cord plasma from 18 of the babies from those patients and found nucleic acid from viruses in 33% of the samples (6\/18) from 3 families: <jats:italic>Herpesviridae, Papillomaviridae<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Anelloviridae.<\/jats:italic> Some viral genomes were found in both maternal plasma and cord plasma from maternal-fetal pairs (e.g. cytomegalovirus, anellovirus). We found that Black race associated with higher viral richness (number of different viruses detected) in the maternal blood samples (P=0.003), consistent with our previous observations in vaginal samples. We did not detect associations between viral richness and PTB or the trimester of sampling. We then examined anelloviruses, a group of viruses that is ubiquitous and whose viral copy numbers fluctuate with immunological state. We tested anellovirus copy numbers in plasma from 63 pregnant patients sampled longitudinally using qPCR. Black race associated with higher anellovirus positivity (P&amp;lt;0.001) but not copy numbers (P=0.1). Anellovirus positivity and copy numbers were higher in the PTB group compared to the term group (P&amp;lt;0.01, P=0.003, respectively). Interestingly, these features did not occur at the time of delivery but appeared earlier in pregnancy, suggesting that although anelloviruses were biomarkers for PTB they were not triggering parturition.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These results emphasize the importance of longitudinal sampling and diverse cohorts in studies of virome dynamics during pregnancy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2023.1061230","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,9]],"date-time":"2023-02-09T06:13:58Z","timestamp":1675923238000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["The plasma virome in longitudinal samples from pregnant patients"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Molly J.","family":"Stout","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anoop K.","family":"Brar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brandi N.","family":"Herter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ananda","family":"Rankin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kristine M.","family":"Wylie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1500","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2022.4356","article-title":"COVID-19 cases and disease severity in pregnancy and neonatal positivity associated with delta (B.1.617.2) and omicron (B.1.1.529) variant predominance","volume":"327","author":"Adhikari","year":"2022","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1453","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(17)30569-X","article-title":"Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: Evidence and interventions","volume":"389","author":"Bailey","year":"2017","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.18637\/jss.v067.i01","article-title":"Fitting linear mixed-effects models using lme4","volume":"2020","author":"Bates","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. 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