KROK 1 2021 – Question 100 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A measles outbreak has occurred in a maternity clinic. What class of maternal antibodies can provide a newborn with immunity to measles virus?
- A. IgM
- B. IgG
- C. IgA
- D. IgE
- E. IgD
Hint
Only one immunoglobulin class is actively transported across the placenta to protect the newborn during the first months of life.
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