SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Pregnant and Postpartum Women, Kenya, 2020–2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Otieno, Nancy A. ; Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo ; Nyawanda, Bryan O. ; Oreri, Eunice ; Ellington, Sascha ; Onyango, Clayton ; Emukule, Gideon O.
• Description:
  We determined incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and influenza virus infections among pregnant and postpartum women and their infants in Kenya during 2020-2021. Incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was highest among pregnant women, followed by postpartum women and infants. No influenza virus infections were identified.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Female Humans Postpartum Period Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(9):2497-2499
• Pubmed ID:
  34193338
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8386793
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01GH002133/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  Kenya
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:27c536846fe2fc78ed4acbeaada204b2d7e9ba34e5e0609381f36571e025b59e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/109720/cdc_109720_DS1.pdf
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