Abstract
Summary
Quantitative data are presented to show that both the mumps viral complement fixing and agglutination-inhibiting antibodies are transmitted from mother to child without any significant loss in titer. In contrast, titrations for streptococcus MG agglutinins show in most of the instances at least a 4-fold diminution of the maternal titer in the cord blood. There was no difference in results when specimens were from premature or full term infants.
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