Two-year prospective study of the humoral immune response of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome
Two-year prospective study of the humoral immune response of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome
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DOI:
10.1086/500469
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发表时间:
2006-03-15
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Cao, WC
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作者:
Liu, W;Fontanet, A;Cao, WC
In a cohort study of 56 convalescent patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), titers of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) against SARS-associated coronavirus were assessed at regular intervals (at 1, 4, 7, 10, 16, and 24 months after the onset of disease) by use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and neutralization assay. IgG antibody and NAb titers were highly correlated, peaking at month 4 after the onset of disease and decreasing thereafter. IgG antibodies remained detectable in all patients until month 16, and they became undetectable in 11.8% of patients at month 24. The finding that NAbs remained detectable throughout follow-up is reassuring in terms of protection provided against reinfection; however, NAb titers decreased markedly after month 16.