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. 2021 Nov 13;156(3):406–417. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14008

TABLE 2.

Maternal and cord blood seroconversion and breast milk antibodies

Author Antibodies in breast milk Seropositivity in maternal blood Seropositivity in cord blood
N positive/N tested (antibody–antigen)
Esteve‐Paula et al. 23 18/18 (IgG–S1) 18/18 (IgG–S1) N/A
Low et al. 28 10/10 (IgG–spike) N/A N/A
10/10 (IgG–RBD)
9/10 (IgA–spike)
9/10 (IgA–RBD)
Selma‐Royo et al. 29 Moderna and Pfizer N/A N/A
40/40 (IgG–RBD)
24/40 (IgA–RBD)
AZ
17/20 (IgG–RBD)
6/20 (IgA–RBD)
Collier et al. 16 N/S 44/44 (IgG–RBD) 9/9 (IgG–RBD)
Beharier et al. 17 N/A N/S N/S
Gray et al. 18 N/S N/S 10/10 (IgG–RBD)
10/10 (IgG–spike)
Mithal et al. 19 N/A 26/27 (IgG–RBD) 25/28 (IgG–RBD)
15/27 (IgM–RBD) 0/28 (IgM–RBD)
Perl et al. 30 68/70 N/A N/A
Friedman et al. 24 N/S N/S N/A
Golan et al. 25 13/15 (IgA–RBD) 14/14 (IgG–RBD) N/A
Prabhu et al. 20 N/A 87/122 (IgG–S‐RBD) N/S
Rottenstreich et al. 21 N/A 20/20 (IgG–RBD) 20/20 (IgG–RBD)
20/20 (IgG–spike) 20/20 (IgG–spike)
6/20 (IgM–S1 RBD) 0/20 (IgM–S1‐RBD)
Shanes et al. 39 N/A 30/52 (IgM–spike) N/A
50/52 (IgG–spike)
Atyeo et al. 22 N/S N/S N/S
Fox et al. 31 10/10 (IgG–spike) N/A N/A
6/10 (IgA–spike)
Valcarce et al. 26 18/21 (IgA–?) 18/21 (IgA–?) N/A
10/10 (IgG–?) 21/21 (IgG–?)
Juncker et al. 27 26/26 (IgA–spike) 26/26 (IgG–spike) N/A

Abbreviations: N/A, study did not assay for humoral response in this sample type; N/S, study did not specify antibody conversion rates.