Maternal and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19 in a high-risk pregnant cohort with and without HIV

Liesl de Waard, Eduard Langenegger, K Erasmus, Thinus van der Merwe, S E Olivier, N Du Toit, Camilla Paludan Paulsen, N Nkangana, Margaret van Niekerk, Allegra Moodley,

South African Medical Journal · 2021 · 18 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

In this cohort of high-risk pregnant women, the impact of COVID-19 was severe, significantly increasing maternal mortality risk compared with baseline rates. Virally suppressed HIV infection was not associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes in pregnancy.

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