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. 2023 Jan;5(1):100770.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100770. Epub 2022 Oct 12.

COVID-19 transmissibility during labor and vaginal delivery

Rebecca J Mahn Hawks  1 , Veronica Ades  2 , Ashley S Roman  3 , Christina A Penfield  3 , Brian Goddard  4
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COVID-19 transmissibility during labor and vaginal delivery

Rebecca J Mahn Hawks et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 Jan.
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