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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Jun 30;27(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2709.210849. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Pregnant and Postpartum Women, Kenya, 2020-2021
Nancy A Otieno, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Bryan O Nyawanda, Eunice Oreri, Sascha Ellington, Clayton Onyango, Gideon O Emukule
Abstract
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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; COVID-like illness; Kenya; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; infants; influenza; postpartum; pregnancy; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Jun 30;27(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2709.210849. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Pregnant and Postpartum Women, Kenya, 2020-2021
Nancy A Otieno, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Bryan O Nyawanda, Eunice Oreri, Sascha Ellington, Clayton Onyango, Gideon O Emukule
- PMID: 34193338
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2709.210849
Abstract
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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; COVID-like illness; Kenya; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; infants; influenza; postpartum; pregnancy; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.