Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among pregnant women in Estonia: A call for epidemiological studies

Piret Veerus¹, Andres Salumets^{2

3

4

5}, Paul Naaber^{6

7}, Kaarel Krjutškov^{2

3}, Kadi Tilk², Made Laanpere³, Anneli Uusküla⁸

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia.
² Competence Center on Health Technologies, Tartu, Estonia.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
⁴ Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
⁵ Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.
⁶ SYNLAB Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia.
⁷ Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
⁸ Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.

Comment

Piret Veerus et al. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;99(12):1736-1737.

doi: 10.1111/aogs.13995. Epub 2020 Oct 8.

Piret Veerus¹, Andres Salumets^{2

3

4

5}, Paul Naaber^{6

7}, Kaarel Krjutškov^{2

3}, Kadi Tilk², Made Laanpere³, Anneli Uusküla⁸

¹ National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia.
² Competence Center on Health Technologies, Tartu, Estonia.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
⁴ Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
⁵ Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.
⁶ SYNLAB Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia.
⁷ Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
⁸ Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.

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