Seroprevalence of high incidence congenital infections among pregnant women in Coatepeque, Guatemala and surrounding areas, 2017-2018.

• Main Authors: Victoria J Hicks (Author), César Sánchez (Author), María Reneé López (Author), Anna Gottschlich (Author), Laura M Grajeda (Author), Amanda Balish (Author), Ana Gómez (Author), Nevis Nuñez (Author), Julio Juárez (Author), Beatriz López (Author), Mariangeli Freitas-Ning (Author), Celia Cordón-Rosales (Author), Manuel Sagastume (Author), John P McCracken (Author), Andrés Espinosa-Bode (Author), Loren Cadena (Author), Terrence Q Lo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Maternal infections during pregnancy can potentially cause birth defects and severe adverse effects in infants. From 2017 to 2018, we investigated the seroprevalence of five antibodies among 436 mother-infant pairs enrolled in a pregnancy cohort study in Coatepeque, Guatemala. Upon enrollment (<...