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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2022

Study on Continuation of Antibody Prevalence Six Months after Detection of Subclinical Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infections.

Ikuro Matsuba, Tetsuo Takuma, Nobuo Hatori, Masahiko Takai, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Nobukazu Takada, Satoru Kishi, Yoko Matsuzawa, Tetsuo Nishikawa, Tomoyuki Kunishima and 4 more

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ikuro MatsubaKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Tetsuo TakumaKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Nobuo HatoriKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Masahiko TakaiKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Yoshiyuki WatanabeKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Nobukazu TakadaKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Satoru KishiKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Yoko MatsuzawaKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Tetsuo NishikawaKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Tomoyuki KunishimaKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Hisakazu DegawaKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Masanori NishikawaKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Yoshiaki OnoKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Akira KanamoriKanagawa Physicians Association, Japan.
Kanagawa Prefecture Medical Association · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective To examine the continuation of antibody prevalence and background factors in antibody-positive subjects after asymptomatic infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Methods A study was carried out to investigate the SARS-CoV-2 antibody (IgG) prevalence. SARS-CoV-2 antibodies (IgG) were measured and analyzed with immunochromatographic tests. Patients Among 1,603 subjects, comprising patients, physicians, and nurses at 65 medical institutes in Kanagawa, Japan, 39 antibody-positive subjects received follow-up for 6 months. Results Of the 33 subjects who consented to the follow-up (23 patients and 10 medical professionals), continued positivity of IgG antibodies was confirmed in 11 of 32 cases (34.4%) after 2 months, 8 of 33 (24.2%) after 4 months, and 8 of 33 (24.2%) after 6 months. A significant difference was found in the sleeping time, drinking habits, hypertension, and use of angiotensin-receptor blockers on comparing subject background characteristics among three groups: patients with antibody production that continued for six months after the first detection of positivity, patients in whom antibody production stopped at four months, and patients in whom antibody production stopped at two months. Conclusion The continuation rate of IgG antibody prevalence was 24.2% at 6 months after the first detection of antibody positivity in cases with asymptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections. This percentage is low compared with the antibody continuation rate in patients who have recovered from symptomatic COVID-19 infection.

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COVID-19Antibodies, ViralHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MPrevalenceSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MCOVID-19epidemiological surveyimmunochromatographySARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodysubclinical infection

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