Maternal mortality associated with COVID-19 in Brazil in 2020 and 2021: Comparison with non-pregnant women and men.

<h4>Objective</h4>Mortality rates of pregnant and postpartum women grew in the second COVID-19 pandemic year. Our objective is to understand this phenomenon to avoid further deaths.<h4>Methods</h4>We collected data from SIVEP-Gripe, a nationwide Brazilian database containing...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Martinelli Menezes Gonçalves, Rossana Pulcinelli V Franco, Agatha S Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261492