Nine Cases of SARS-CoV-2-PCR-positive Samples Showed No Increase of Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2
Nine Cases of SARS-CoV-2-PCR-positive Samples Showed No Increase of Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2
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DOI:
10.21873/invivo.12587
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发表时间:
2021
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影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Takao Kitagawa;Masanobu Kobayashi;Tohru Ohta;Masaru Terasaki;Y. Tsukamoto;R. Takai;Reika Ishizumi;O. Uehara;K. Nakagawa;K. Akino;M. Asaka;Y. Kuramitsu
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作者:
Takao Kitagawa;Masanobu Kobayashi;Tohru Ohta;Masaru Terasaki;Y. Tsukamoto;R. Takai;Reika Ishizumi;O. Uehara;K. Nakagawa;K. Akino;M. Asaka;Y. Kuramitsu
Background/Aim: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been affecting Hokkaido, Japan since late February 2020 until present. The aim of this study was to report the relationship between anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody-positive and SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive cases by analyzing anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies (IgG and total-Ig). Patients and Methods: Serum samples were collected from care workers and nurses in two nursing homes and two hospitals which underwent virus outbreak. All people were confirmed to be SARS-CoV-2-positive by RT-qPCR and their sera was analyzed for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies (IgG and total-Ig). Results: Although 34 out of 43 samples (79.1%) showed enough amount of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, 9 RT-qPCR -positive samples (20.9%) showed absence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in their sera. Conclusion: The results that 20.9% of RT-qPCR-positive samples with SARS-CoV-2 showed absence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies provides a possibility that the innate immune reaction could eliminate the virus without activating adaptive immune reaction.