April 1, 2009Emerging infectious diseasesOpen Access

Enterovirus 71 Maternal Antibodies in Infants, Taiwan

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Population

Taiwanese young infants / neonates

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

6 months

Authors

SLShu-Ting LuoNational Health Research Institutes PCPai-Shan ChiangMinistry of Health and Welfare ACAn‐Shine ChaoChang Gung University

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Implication

Infants may lose EV71 protection by 6 months; leaves open optimal vaccination timing in endemic areas.

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Population

Taiwanese young infants / neonates

Outcome

Dynamics of maternal EV71 antibodiessurrogate

Maternal EV71 neutralizing antibodies are present in about half of Taiwanese neonates but decline to almost undetectable levels by 6 months of age, leaving them vulnerable to infection.

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Luo et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70337b439bab0cabc30f57 https://doi.org/10.3201/1504.081550

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Enterovirus 71 Maternal Antibodies in Infants, Taiwan

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Enterovirus 71 Maternal Antibodies in Infants, Taiwan

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