Transfer of Maternal Anti-Microbial Immunity to HIV-Exposed Uninfected Newborns

Transfer of Maternal Anti-Microbial Immunity to HIV-Exposed Uninfected Newborns

The transfer of maternal immune factors to the newborn is critical for protection from infectious disease in early life. Maternally acquired passive immunity provides protection until the infant is beyond early life’s increased susceptibility to severe infections, or until active immunity is achieve...

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Main Authors: Bahaa Abu Raya, Kinga Smolen, Fabienne Willems, Tobias Kollmann, Arnaud Marchant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Cytokines
Inflammation
Placenta
Pregnancy
IgG
Newborn
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00338/full

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