Antibody titers against SARS-CoV-2 decline, but do not disappear for several months

• Published in: EClinicalMedicine Vol. 32; p. 100734
• Main Authors: Yamayoshi, Seiya, Yasuhara, Atsuhiro, Ito, Mutsumi, Akasaka, Osamu, Nakamura, Morio, Nakachi, Ichiro, Koga, Michiko, Mitamura, Keiko, Yagi, Kazuma, Maeda, Kenji, Kato, Hideaki, Nojima, Masanori, Pattinson, David, Ogura, Takayuki, Baba, Rie, Fujita, Kensuke, Nagai, Hiroyuki, Yamamoto, Shinya, Saito, Makoto, Adachi, Eisuke, Ochi, Junichi, Hattori, Shin-ichiro, Suzuki, Tetsuya, Miyazato, Yusuke, Chiba, Shiho, Okuda, Moe, Murakami, Jurika, Hamabata, Taiki, Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Kiyoko, Nakajima, Hideaki, Mitsuya, Hiroaki, Omagari, Norio, Sugaya, Norio, Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi, Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: Internal Medicine; Research Paper

To develop an effective vaccine against a novel viral pathogen, it is important to understand the longitudinal antibody responses against its first infection. Here we performed a longitudinal study of antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 in symptomatic patients. Sequential blood samples were collec...