How Children Get Antibodies Against COVID-19 Before Birth

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Pregnant women who are more concerned about their future child’s safety from coronavirus are advised to take the COVID-19 vaccine and boosters as it has been confirmed that receiving the vaccine and booster dose subsequently protects infants in the first few months of their life. The study, led by the New York-based pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Jennifer Lighter, was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology in September 2021.

The researchers found that vaccinated pregnant women transfer some of the crucial antibodies to their babies through the placenta. Antibodies are special proteins that fight viruses by binding to the viral antigen and initiating an attack on the foreign invader by the immune system. By comparing the amount of antibodies transferred through the blood via the placenta with the antibodies that a baby can get through breast milk, the researchers confirmed that pregnancy vaccination is the optimum way to transfer the protective antibodies to babies.