Pregnant people deserve the protection offered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

• It is imperative that vaccine development and deployment include pregnant individuals because: • They are at equal, if not greater, risk of severe COVID-19 illness than nonpregnant patients. • Vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to the fetus has been documented. • Placental injury from SARS-CoV-2...

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Autores principales: Maykin, Melanie M., Heuser, Cara, Feltovich, Helen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7834417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33308888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.007
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Sumario:• It is imperative that vaccine development and deployment include pregnant individuals because: • They are at equal, if not greater, risk of severe COVID-19 illness than nonpregnant patients. • Vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to the fetus has been documented. • Placental injury from SARS-CoV-2 may lead to stillbirth and poor neonatal outcome.

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