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April 1, 2010The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal114 citations

Transplacental Transport of IgG Antibodies Specific for Pertussis, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Haemophilus influenzae Type b, and Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Is Lower in Preterm Compared With Term Infants

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JBJolice P. van den BergRush University Medical CenterEWE.A.M. WesterbeekZiekenhuis AmstellandGBGuy A. M. BerbersNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment

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Preterm infants benefit to a lesser extent from maternal antibodies against vaccine-preventable diseases than term infants, posing them at higher risk for infectious diseases in the first months of life.

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Berg et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dbecb3f7e0c66ced836e75https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0b013e3181dc4f77
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