Transplacental rates of malaria-specific antibodies (anti-CSP and MSP3) were similar between SARS-CoV-2 seropositive mother:cord pairs and pre-pandemic paired mother:cord samples in contrast to reports by others who found reduced transfer rates of influenza and diphtheria antibodies in COVID-19 infected pregnancies compared to uninfected pregnancies19. The gene discussed is DNAJC5; the disease is malaria.