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

Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol

South African Medical Research Council, Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Published: July 2022

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