A Florida mother who received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine during pregnancy passed antibodies to the newborn, doctors say.
Her son is considered the first known baby to be born with COVID-19 antibodies, according to reports.
“As far as we know, this was the first time in the world that a baby was born with antibodies after a vaccination,” said pediatrician Paul Gilbert to TePesta’s WPBF.
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The mother, a frontline health professional, was 36 weeks pregnant when she received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine. A blood sample was collected after the baby was born in January to see if the mother’s antibodies passed on to the baby, which Gilbert said was something “that we see happening with other vaccines given during pregnancy”.
“This is a small case in which there will be thousands upon thousands of babies born to mothers who have been vaccinated in the coming months,” added pediatrician Chad Rudnick.
The woman received the second dose during the postpartum period according to the 28-day vaccination schedule, the researchers wrote in a pre-printed case report that has not yet been peer-reviewed. (The doctors informed the broadcaster that the article was accepted for publication and are just waiting for it to be officially posted on the magazine’s website.)
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Although development is potentially important in the fight against coronavirus, the researchers warned that newborns of vaccinated mothers will remain at risk of infection due to certain factors, according to the WPBF.
A separate study published last month in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that those who have COVID-19 antibodies have a significantly lower risk of reinfection compared to those who do not.
The study also suggests that those who have antibodies to the coronavirus may be protected from reinfection within 90 days, or about three months, and possibly later.
Rudnick, however, noted that further studies are needed to determine how long the protection will last.
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“They have to determine at what level of protection or how many antibodies a baby needs to be circulating to give them protection,” he told the station.