title: Maternal immunity to measles and infant immunity at less than twelve months of age relative to maternal place of birth.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Children's Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bromberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clark-Golden
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Light
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marcellino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Erdman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Bellini
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral