Pregnant Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Require a Special Focus During the COVID-19 Pandemic

University Health Network-Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2 SAR Laboratories, Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network-Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3 Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5 Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States

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