Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine elicited antibody response in blood and milk of breastfeeding women

  • Michal Rosenberg-Friedman,
  • Aya Kigel,
  • Yael Bahar,
  • Michal Werbner,
  • Joel Alter,
  • Yariv Yogev,
  • Yael Dror,
  • Ronit Lubetzky,
  • Moshe Dessau,
  • Meital Gal-Tanamy,
  • Ariel Many,
  • Yariv Wine

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26507-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Maternal antibodies can reduce risk of infection of infants. Here, the authors show induction of IgG and IgA antibodies in breastmilk and serum of ten lactating women after immunization with the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.