Maternal immunity to measles and infant immunity at less than twelve months of age relative to maternal place of birth.
Sera from infants aged 5 to 11 months and from their mothers were used to investigate the level and duration of transplacentally derived measles antibody. The infants of foreign-born, inner-city mothers were more likely to have measles antibody and were less likely to get measles. Infants of foreign-born mothers, because they are less likely to respond to measles vaccine, may require different vaccine strategies than infants of mothers born in the United States.
Bromberg
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Children's Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203.
Shah
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Clark-Golden
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Light
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Marcellino
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Rivera
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Li
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Erdman
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Heath
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Bellini
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D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008457:Measles / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000276:immunology; D008459:Measles virus / Q000276:immunology*; D009035:Mothers; D014504:Urban Health
D000914:Antibodies, Viral