If a pregnant woman is immunized for influenza, will transplacental antibodies protect her newborn until 6 months of age?
The primary reason to vaccinate a pregnant woman during influenza season is to protect the woman because pregnant women are at high risk for complications associated with influenza infection. Vaccination also offers a protective barrier for the newborn because a vaccinated mother decreases the risk of transmitting influenza to the infant. There are no data, but it seems biologically reasonable to think that the mother would pass influenza antibodies to the infant.
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