• According to the study, measles vaccination had 2.6 (1.06- 6.37) times higher odds of  being ineffective in kids born by C-section compared to those born naturally.

• The study was conducted by modeling the antibody levels of 1505 individuals.

• The reason for this as explained by the researchers from the University of Cambridge UK  and Fudan University, China could be due to development of gut microbiome as a result of which the child's immune system doesn't produce antibodies to fight against the measles infection. Studies say that natural birth transfers a greater variety of microbes from mother to baby.

• Furthermore the researchers have however found that the second dose of measles vaccine induced a robust immunity in such kids.

• Kids these days are more prone to this as a fact that many women are preferring to undergo C-section for childbirth instead of natural birth, it takes longer to catch up in developing their gut microbiome and with it the ability of the immune system to be primed by vaccines against disease including measles.

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