Analysis of Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Titers of Recovered COVID-19 Patients

• Published in: mBio Vol. 11; no. 6
• Main Authors: Gold, Jeffrey E., Baumgartl, William H., Okyay, Ramazan A., Licht, Warren E., Fidel, Paul L., Noverr, Mairi C., Tilley, Larry P., Hurley, David J., Rada, Balázs, Ashford, John W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 20.11.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Asymptomatic Infections; Convalescence; coronavirus; COVID-19; COVID-19 - immunology; Female; Humans; immunization; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Male; measles; Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine - immunology; Middle Aged; MMR; mumps; Severity of Illness Index; Therapeutics and Prevention; Vaccination - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; MMR; vaccines; immunization; titers; coronavirus; rubella; measles; mumps

COVID-19 has presented various paradoxes that, if understood better, may provide clues to controlling the pandemic, even before a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available. First, young children are largely spared from severe disease. Second, numerous countries have COVID-19 death rates that are as low a...