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How does breastfeeding affect passive immunity if the mother is still breastfeeding when the child is 12 months of age or older when MMR and varicella vaccines are recommended?

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How does breastfeeding affect passive immunity if the mother is still breastfeeding when the child is 12 months of age or older when MMR and varicella vaccines are recommended?

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Breastfeeding provides IgA antibodies, which are secretory antibodies. This type of antibody is not the same as IgG antibodies produced by infection or vaccination and will not interfere with an infant’s immune response to a vaccine.

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