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Jenny O'Mara Was Five Months Pregnant When She Stepped on a Rusty

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Jenny O'Mara was five months pregnant when she stepped on a rusty piece of scrap metal while hauling rotted wood from a dilapidated shed in her garden.The sliver of metal cut through her sneaker and pierced her heel deeply.Her physician gave her a tetanus booster.When Jenny's baby was born she decided to breastfeed.If the baby's antibodies were tested for specificity to tetanus 2 months after birth,what would be the expected finding?


A) the presence of anti-tetanus toxoid IgA antibodies
B) the presence of anti-tetanus toxoid IgM antibodies
C) the presence of anti-tetanus toxoid IgG antibodies
D) the presence of IgM antibody specific for Clostridium tetani cell-wall components
E) the presence of IgG antibody specific for Clostridium tetani cell-wall components.

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