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COVID-19 antibodies transmit from moms to babies during pregnancy – CIDRAP
Antibodies crossed the placenta in 87% of pregnant women who had COVID-19.
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 4:00 pm CST, adding in the second, unpublished, study.
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies transferred across the placenta in 87% of pregnant women who had COVID-19 at some point, suggesting that newborns of seropositive mothers may have some protection against the novel coronavirus at birth, according to a study today in JAMA Pediatrics. However, a second, unpublished study suggests that the maternal-infant antibody transfer is lower than expected.
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