Maternal infection’s link to autism may be a mirage

Photo caption: Triangulation method: Only one maternal diagnosis—pregnancy complications related to the fetus—remained strongly associated with autism when the researchers ruled out a range of demographic, socioeconomic and familial factors. Photo credit: The Good Brigade / Getty Images. Article by Charles Q. Choi. The Transmitter – March 6, 2025. Study: Nature Medicine.

The associations between maternal illnesses during pregnancy and autism in children may have been overestimated in past research, according to a study that analyzed data from more than a million children in Denmark. Other factors shared between a mother and her child, such as genetics, could explain nearly all of the connections suggested in past work. […]

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