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. 2021 Aug;225(2):192-194.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.03.035. Epub 2021 Apr 1.

Cord blood antibodies following maternal coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination during pregnancy

Leena B Mithal  1 , Sebastian Otero  2 , Elisheva D Shanes  3 , Jeffery A Goldstein  3 , Emily S Miller  4
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Cord blood antibodies following maternal coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination during pregnancy

Leena B Mithal et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Aug.
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Maternal and infant SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and IgG transfer A, Anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels in maternal and umbilical cord (infant) blood following maternal COVID-19 vaccination (n=27 mothers, n=28 infants); B, Paired maternal and infant IgM and IgG levels of women with 1 dose (n=5) and 2 doses (n=22) of the vaccine during pregnancy. Paired infant IgM was 0.2 for 1 outlier maternal IgM of 95 AU/mL; C, The association between the latency (weeks) from first vaccine dose and the antibody transfer ratio (infant IgG to maternal IgG). COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; Ig, immunoglobulin; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Mithal. Antibody transfer after maternal coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021.
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