Monkeypox and pregnancy: time for global surveillance and prevention strategies

Affiliations

¹ 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, UK. Electronic address: akhalil@sgul.ac.uk.
² Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London, UK; Immunisation and Countermeasures Division, Public Health England, London, UK; British Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, UK.
⁴ The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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Asma Khalil et al. Lancet. 2022.

. 2022 Oct 8;400(10359):1193.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01793-7.

¹ 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, UK. Electronic address: akhalil@sgul.ac.uk.
² Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London, UK; Immunisation and Countermeasures Division, Public Health England, London, UK; British Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, UK.
⁴ The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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Guidelines for pregnant individuals with monkeypox virus exposure.
Dashraath P, Nielsen-Saines K, Mattar C, Musso D, Tambyah P, Baud D. Dashraath P, et al. Lancet. 2022 Jul 2;400(10345):21-22. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01063-7. Epub 2022 Jun 21. Lancet. 2022. PMID: 35750071 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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