Maternal Immunization: Giving Immunity For Tomorrow

Study objectives are to compare * influenza antibody levels in infant sera and maternal colostrum or breast milk at delivery, 2, and 6 months women who receive influenza immunization in early pregnancy, late pregnancy, or no influenza immunization during pregnancy and their infants Study hypotheses are that infants born to pregnant women who receive influenza immunization in late pregnancy will have * higher levels and a longer serum influenza antibody duration in sera (hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) titers) and colostrum/breast milk (influenza-specific IgA and IgG by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) than infants of women immunized in early pregnancy or not immunized