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Emerg Microbes Infect
; 9(1): 2091-2093, 2020 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32930052
RESUMO
We studied plasma antibody responses of 35 patients about 1 month after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Titers of antibodies binding to the viral nucleocapsid and spike proteins were significantly higher in patients with severe disease. Likewise, mean antibody neutralization titers against SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus and live virus were higher in the sicker patients, by â¼5-fold and â¼7-fold, respectively. These findings have important implications for those pursuing plasma therapy, isolation of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies, and determinants of immunity.