Effectiveness and Safety of an Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Preparation in Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Against Measles in Infants

• Main Authors: Benno Kohlmaier (Author), Heidemarie Holzmann (Author), Karin Stiasny (Author), Manuel Leitner (Author), Christoph Zurl (Author), Volker Strenger (Author), Michael Kundi (Author), Werner Zenz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Administration of measles virus (MV)-specific IgG as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is known to effectively prevent measles. Since the introduction of active immunization against measles, the levels of MV-specific IgG antibodies in the population have dropped. Therefore, the concentrati...