The transfer and decay of maternal antibody against Shigella sonnei in a longitudinal cohort of Vietnamese infants

Corinne N. Thompson,Le Thi Phuong Tu,Katherine L. Anders,Nguyen Trong Hieu,Lu Lan Vi,Nguyen Van Vinh Chau,Vu Thuy Duong,Nguyen Ngoc Chau,Tran Thi Hong Chau,Ha Thanh Tuyen,Tran Vu Thieu Nga,Pham Van Minh,Tran Do Hoang Nhu,Le Thi Quynh Nhi,Allan Saul,Laura B. Martin,Audino Podda,Christiane Gerke,Guy Thwaites,Cameron P. Simmons,Stephen Baker

The transfer and decay of maternal antibody against Shigella sonnei in a longitudinal cohort of Vietnamese infants

2016

Background Shigella sonnei is an emergent and major diarrheal pathogen for which there is currently no vaccine. We aimed to quantify duration of maternal antibody against S. sonnei and investigate transplacental IgG transfer in a birth cohort in southern Vietnam.

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Virology
Immunology
Cohort
Shigella sonnei
Pathogen
Seroconversion
Shigella
Vietnamese
Transplacental
Immunoglobulin G
Biology
Maternal antibody
longitudinal cohort

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