Beyond COVID-19: Equitable epidemiology for studying the impact of maternal infections on neonatal mortality and morbidity

Stephanie Jones^{1

2}, Marta Coelho Nunes^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ South African Medical Research Council, Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation South African Research Chair Initiative in Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Stephanie Jones et al. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;36(4):553-555.

doi: 10.1111/ppe.12892.

Stephanie Jones^{1

2}, Marta Coelho Nunes^{1

2}

¹ South African Medical Research Council, Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation South African Research Chair Initiative in Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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