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ArticleJournal of medicine and life

The relationship between IgG and IgM levels and severity of symptoms in COVID-19 patients confirmed by rapid antigen test.

Jasim Saeed Salman Al-Ibraheemi, Abdul-Sattar Al-Saeedi

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jasim Saeed Salman Al-IbraheemiCollege of Medicine, University of Al-Ameed, Karbala, Iraq.
Abdul-Sattar Al-SaeediBasic and Medical Sciences Branch, College of Nursing, University of Al-Ameed, Karbala, Iraq.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to measure immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin M (IgM) response after detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) antigens in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients concerning the severity of symptoms. SARS CoV-2 antigen was confirmed by rapid antigen test, and IgG and IgM were confirmed by VIDAS® SARS-COV-2 IgM and VIDAS® SARS-CoV-2 IgG automated qualitative assays used to rapidly detect antibodies 20-30 days after detection. The serological assay for detecting SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG antibodies shows a positive correlation for all patients detected with SARS-CoV-2 antigen with sensitivity 100% with differences in antibodies levels between patients regarding age and significantly related clinical symptoms with p-value 0.013 <0.05. The appearance of clinical symptoms was not significantly related to IgG levels at a p-value of 0.4 >0.05. However, the appearance of clinical symptoms was significantly related to IgM levels at a p-value of 0.002 <0.05. Antigen-dependent rapid tests can be used to detect SARS-CoV-2 in an early stage of infection with high sensitivity and specificity. Moreover, this study shows the age groups 21-30 and 31-40 have a better response to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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COVID-19Antibodies, ViralHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MSARS-CoV-2Sensitivity and SpecificityAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin Mantigen rapid testclinical symptomsIgGIgMSARS CoV-2

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PMID35126749
PMCPMC8811674
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