Understanding Host-pathogen Interaction in the Respiratory Mucosa During Pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients in labor
• •Critically ill patients needing intubation and mechanical ventilation
• •Patients with fever or influenza-like illness
• •H/o epistaxis or rhinosinusitis
• •Nasal polyposis and deviated nasal septum
• •Preeclampsia and chronic hypertension
• •Use of anti-hypertensives
• •Ongoing seasonal allergy
• •H/o asthma
• •Recent recovery from SARS-CoV-2 or influenza A infection (≤ 4 weeks)
• •Recent receipt of either COVID-19 or influenza A vaccine (≤ 4 weeks)
• •Use of immunosuppressive medications
• •Use of inhaled corticosteroids
• •Use of hormonal contraceptives in non-pregnant population
• •Allergy to local anesthetic