Measles Vaccine

Passive immunity to measles found in breast milk and cord blood of Nigerians

Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 27th, 2005

Researchers have found passive immunity to measles in the breast milk and cord blood of some Nigerian subjects.

"Maternal and cord blood collected from 33 Nigerian mother-child pairs were tested for measles-specific IgG. All 33 had protective measles antibodies at the time of delivery with a positive correlation of r=0.87. Determination of the rate of waning of these antibodies revealed that 58% of these children had lost the protective maternal antibody by the age of 4 months and only 3% of the children had enough antibody to protect them between the ages of 6 to 9 months," scientists in Nigeria report.

"Fifty-five colostrum samples from the same...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2005-04-27)

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