Maternal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and epitope level antibody response to vaccines against measles and rubella in children from the Boston birth cohort
This prospective birth cohort study provides suggestive evidence that maternal PFAS exposure is associated with a reduced immune response to the measles vaccine, especially, among Black or preterm children.
Authors
- William R. Morgenlander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7205-3732)
- Hongkai Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6480-0141)
- Kari Christine Nadeau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2146-2955)
- Xiumei Hong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3992-1918)
- Colleen Pearson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6669-6774)
- H. Benjamin Larman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7863-196X)
- William G. Adams
- Xiaobin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4451-302X)
- Guoying Wang
- Pamela A Frischmeyer-Guerrerio
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environment International
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109433
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.60
Funders
- March of Dimes Foundation
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Boston University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development