Daily News | One in five Philadelphia newborns is not protected from measles, CHOP-Penn study finds
One in five babies born in Philadelphia likely has no immunity against measles, a new study has found, raising the child’s risk of catching a disease that can lead to hospitalization and death.
The study authors, from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, stopped short of making a firm recommendation to address the problem, but they wrote that in the event of a measles outbreak, it might make sense to vaccinate these unprotected children at a younger-than-usual age.
Of that total, 410 had detectable levels of measles antibodies in their blood — some of which would’ve been passed on to the fetus through the placenta, affording a degree of protection for up to 6 months.
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