Maternal effects by which females provide their offspring with non-genetic factors such as
hormones, nutrients and antibodies can have an important impact on offspring fitness. In …

This paper reviews literature on passively transferred maternal antibodies against measles
in infants. The amount and decay of these antibodies can be a result of changing patterns in …

Background: Vaccination is one of the most effective public health interventions. We
investigate the impact of vaccination activities for Haemophilus influenzae type b, hepatitis …

Pediatric vaccines have significantly reduced infectious disease–related infant mortality, but
as protective immunity often requires several infant vaccine doses, maternally acquired Abs …

Agent-based models are a tool that can be used to better understand the dynamics of an
infectious disease outbreak. An infectious disease outbreak is influenced by many factors …

Background Marked reductions in the incidence of measles and rubella have been
observed since the widespread use of the measles and rubella vaccines. Although no global …

Infant mortality from dengue disease is a devastating global health burden that could be
minimized with the ability to identify susceptibility for severe disease prior to infection …

Hippocrates was the first to describe the clinical picture of mumps in the fifth century BC. His
description of an illness characterized by swelling about one or both ears and, in some …

Young vertebrates are dependent primarily on innate immunity and maternally derived
antibodies for immune defense. This reliance on innate immunity and the associated …

Kinetics of maternal rubella and varicella antibodies in 213 mother–infant pairs are
described in a longitudinal study in Belgium. Blood samples are taken at 7 time points (week …