The waning of maternal measles antibodies: A multi-country maternal-infant seroprevalence study
Reliance on maternal antibodies for protection until age 9 months or later leaves most infants with insufficient direct protection against measles infection between ages 6-9 months.
Authors
- Mary Nyantaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7533-0683)
- Olubukola T. Idoko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8802-2946)
- Nynke Y. Rots (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7170-7826)
- Ed Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7785-0340)
- Saad B. Omer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5383-3474)
- Rob van Binnendijk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5808-1443)
- Abdul Momin Kazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8253-1777)
- Beth Holder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2157-9819)
- Freddie Kibengo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9512-1571)
- Shrijana Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9484-0227)
- Fiona R.M. van der Klis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6759-3539)
- Stephen Cose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5156-037X)
- Milagritos D. Tapia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-3934)
- Andrew J. Pollard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7361-719X)
- Beate Kampmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6546-4709)
- Ha Thi Thu Hoang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-0689)
- Elke Leuridan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7482-799X)
- Karen S. Tiley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2125-4125)
- Kirsten Maertens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-441X)
- Sudha Basnet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-2499)
- Nasamon Wanlapakorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7953-275X)
- Marcela F. Pasetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0894-4009)
- Arun Kumar Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5692-6502)
- Duc Anh Dang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8029-9860)
- Merryn Voysey
- Hinke Ten Hulscher-van Overbeek
Institutions
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- University of London (GB)
- Patan Academy of Health Sciences (NP)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Tribhuvan University (NP)
- Chulalongkorn University (TH)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- National Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology (VN)
- MRC Unit the Gambia (GM)
- Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (GT)
- Uganda Virus Research Institute (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Infection
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106531
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.77
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- University of Oxford