Inclusion of pregnant women in COVID-19 vaccine development

Affiliations

¹ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK. Electronic address: pheath@sgul.ac.uk.
² Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK; Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.
³ Vascular Biology Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK; Fetal Medicine Unit, St George's Hospital, London, UK.

Paul T Heath et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;20(9):1007-1008.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30638-1. Epub 2020 Aug 11.

¹ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK. Electronic address: pheath@sgul.ac.uk.
² Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK; Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.
³ Vascular Biology Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK; Fetal Medicine Unit, St George's Hospital, London, UK.

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