| decay and persistence of maternal dengue antibodies among infants in bangkok. | abstract. maternal dengue antibodies are important in determining the optimal age of dengue vaccination, but no study has quantified the heterogeneity of antibody decay and persistence in infants. we used longitudinal regression methods and survival analysis to measure decay and persistence times of serotype-specific neutralizing antibodies in 139 infants in bangkok. a biphasic decay pattern was found with half-life times of 24-29 days between birth and 3 months and 44-150 days after 3 months. a ... | 2011 | 21813859 |