Assume a woman is pregnant. She has never gotten the chicken pox, but she does now that she is pregnant. The IgG antibodies are passed on from mother to child, i.e; you are born with some of your mother's antibodies to protect you while you are in the womb.
So, basically I want to know if a mother contracts chicken pox while pregnant, and thus creates antibodies, will the baby be immune to the chicken pox too??
Keep in mind that I am a beginner's immunology student and maybe I misunderstood the concept of maternal antibodies.
2006-11-24
07:28:12
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๑The Goddess๑
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