Maternal antibodies: clinical significance, mechanism of interference with immune responses, and possible vaccination strategies

Neonates have an immature immune system which cannot adequately protect against infectious diseases.Early in life, immune protection is accomplished by maternal antibodies transferred from mother to offspring.However, decaying maternal antibodies inhibit vaccination as is examplified by the inhibition of seroconversion after measles vaccination.Thi

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Tunnel of salvation, tunnel of accumulation

During the 1990s war in Bosnia and Herzegovina a tunnel was dug under the runway of Sarajevo Airport to connect the besieged capital with another territory under control of government forces.The memorial complex Tunel spasa [Tunnel of Salvation], and the mainstream historiography it exemplifies, celebrates this as a feat of ingenuity that was cruci

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