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Observational studyBMC infectious diseases2024

A stronger antibody response in increased disease severity of SARS-CoV-2.

Marta Iglis de Oliveira, Melayne Rocha Aciole, Patrícia Areias Feitosa Neves, Vitor Palmares Oliveira E Silva, Marcelo Palmares Oliveira E Silva, Virginia Maria Barros de Lorena, Paulo Sérgio Ramos de Araújo

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Observational study in BMC infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marta Iglis de OliveiraDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Medical Sciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Melayne Rocha AcioleDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Medical Sciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Patrícia Areias Feitosa NevesDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Medical Sciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Vitor Palmares Oliveira E SilvaRecife Medical School, Medical Sciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Marcelo Palmares Oliveira E SilvaRecife Medical School, Medical Sciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Virginia Maria Barros de LorenaDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Medical Sciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Paulo Sérgio Ramos de AraújoDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Medical Sciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. psergiora@gmail.com.
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco · BRFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAn assessment of the factors that interfere with serum levels and the persistence of anti-SARs-CoV-2 IgG antibodies is essential in order to estimate the risk of reinfection and to plan vaccination. We analyzed the impact of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the clinical and biological factors regarding the persistence of SARs-CoV-2 anti-spike protein (IgG-S) antibodies at 12 months.

methodsThis was an observational, longitudinal study with individuals who had recovered from COVID-19 between August 2020 and June 2021. Peripheral blood samples were collected from volunteers who were hospitalized (SERIOUS COVID-19) and those who required no hospitalization (COVID-19 LIGHT). Samples were grouped according to days after symptom onset: up to 90, between 91 and 180, ≥ 180 days after symptom onset. A semiquantitative test for IgG anti-spike protein S1(IgG-S1) was used.

resultsWe analyzed 238 individuals who had recovered from COVID-19, of whom 87 had been hospitalized and 151 had not. They provided 148 and 220 samples, respectively. Among those hospitalized, males (65.5%), volunteers aged over 60 years (41.1%), comorbidities such as arterial hypertension (67.8%) and diabetes mellitus (37.9%) were most frequent. We observed higher median serum IgG-S1 titers among those who had recovered from COVID-19 and had been hospitalized, at all collection time intervals (p < 0.001). We observed a weak correlation of increasing age with humoral IgG-S1 response (Spearman correlation = 0.298). There was a greater probability of IgG-S1 antibody persistence over time among samples from hospitalized individuals compared to samples from non-hospitalized participants (p = 0.001).

conclusionThis study has revealed higher titers and a higher probability of the persistence of IgG-S1 in severe cases after SARs-CoV-2 primary infection in unvaccinated recovered patients. Thus, in this study, the severe clinical presentation of COVID-19 was the main factor influencing serum levels and the persistence of IgG-S1 antibodies in COVID-19.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2AgedAntibodies, ViralAntibody FormationHumansImmunoglobulin GLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPatient AcuityAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin GAntibodyCOVID-19Longitudinal studySARS-CoV-2

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