COVID-19 booster doses in pregnancy and global vaccine equity

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¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London SW17 0QT, UK.
⁴ Fetal Medicine Unit, St George's Hospital, St George's University of London, London SW17 0QT, UK; Vascular Biology Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London SW17 0QT, UK. Electronic address: akhalil@sgul.ac.uk.

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Erkan Kalafat et al. Lancet. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 5;399(10328):907-908.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00166-0. Epub 2022 Feb 18.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London SW17 0QT, UK.
⁴ Fetal Medicine Unit, St George's Hospital, St George's University of London, London SW17 0QT, UK; Vascular Biology Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London SW17 0QT, UK. Electronic address: akhalil@sgul.ac.uk.

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