The monkeypox outbreak: risks to children and pregnant women

Affiliations

¹ Materno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles CA, USA.
³ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National University Hospital, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Materno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: david.baud@chuv.ch.

Manon Vouga et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;6(11):751-753.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00223-1. Epub 2022 Aug 1.

¹ Materno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles CA, USA.
³ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National University Hospital, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Materno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: david.baud@chuv.ch.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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