Balancing the Risks and Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccination for Pregnant Women and Their Children

Front Immunol. 2021 Dec 16:12:748456. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.748456. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Chengliang Yang¹, Hedi Zhao², Scott J Tebbutt^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF) Centre of Excellence and Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; newborns; pregnant women; vaccine.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / immunology*
COVID-19 / virology
COVID-19 Vaccines / administration & dosage
COVID-19 Vaccines / immunology*
Child
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / immunology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / prevention & control
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
Pregnant Women*
Risk Assessment / methods
Risk Assessment / statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2 / immunology*
SARS-CoV-2 / physiology
Vaccination / methods*
Vaccination / statistics & numerical data

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines