Role of maternal COVID‐19 vaccination in providing immunological protection to the newborn
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
Pregnant and postpartum individuals are known to have an elevated risk of severe COVID-19 compared with their non-pregnant counterparts. Vaccination is the most important intervention to protect these populations from COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality. An added benefit of maternal COVID-19 vaccination is transfer of maternal immunity to newborns and infants, for whom a vaccine is not (yet) approved. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-specific binding and neutralizing antibodies are present in infant cord blood and breast milk following natural maternal infection and transfer of maternal immunity following COVID-19 vaccination is an area of active research. In this review, we synthesize the available research, discuss knowledge gaps, and outline factors that should be evaluated and reported when studying the transfer of maternal immunity following COVID-19 vaccination. The data reviewed herein suggest that maternal SARS-CoV-2-specific binding antibodies are efficiently transferred via the placenta and breast milk following maternal mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. Moreover, antibodies retain strong neutralizing capacity. Antibody concentrations appear to be at least as high in infant cord blood as in the maternal serum, but lower in breast milk. Breast milk IgA rises rapidly following maternal vaccination, whereas IgG rises later but may persist longer. At least two COVID-19 vaccine doses appear to be required to reach maximal antibody concentrations in cord blood and breast milk. There is no indication that infants consuming breast milk from vaccinated mothers experience serious adverse effects, although follow-up is limited. No clear pattern has emerged regarding changes in milk supply following maternal vaccination. The heterogeneity in important methodological aspects of reviewed studies underscores the need to establish standard best practices related to research on the transfer of maternal COVID-19 vaccine-induced immunity.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.004 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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