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ArticleJournal of medical virology2025

SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Levels and Infections in Multiple Vaccinated Employees Over Time.

Ingrid Sander, Sabine Kespohl, Alexandra Beine, Kerstin Belting, Jürgen Bünger, Simon Weidhaas, Ingolf Hosbach, Christian Eisenhawer, Jan Gleichenhagen, Philipp Göcke and 2 more

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Ingrid SanderInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5014-4112
Sabine KespohlInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.
Alexandra BeineInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.
Kerstin BeltingInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.
Jürgen BüngerInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.
Simon WeidhaasInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.
Ingolf HosbachInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.
Christian EisenhawerInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.
Jan GleichenhagenInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.
Philipp GöckePractice for Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Thomas BrüningInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.
Monika RaulfInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.

Funding

This study was funded by the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV; IPA project 145).
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This prospective cohort study aimed to monitor the humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 proteins over 3 years in relation to repeated vaccination or infection. Quantitative immunoassays traceable to international IgG units were used to measure and compare IgG levels against Wuhan type and Omicron spike-S1 and nucleocapsid proteins over 3 years. In addition, the Euroimmun-N-test was used to determine positive IgG values against the nucleocapsid. A total of 1223 serum samples from 126 participants without evidence of COVID-19 at enrollment were analyzed and used to calculate antibody half-lives following vaccination or infection, as reported by the questionnaire. Antibody levels and half-life against both variants of the spike S1 protein increased significantly with each additional vaccination or after infection. IgG against the Wuhan type was, on average, three times higher than against the Omicron variant. The half-lives of antibodies against the Wuhan type after the second and third vaccinations and after infection were significantly longer than those of IgG against the Omicron variant. Two-thirds of the cohort reported COVID-19 infection, detected with a sensitivity of 70% by the quantitative nucleocapsid IgG assay and 83% by the Euroimmun-N-test. The level of anti-nucleocapsid-IgG after infection in the vaccinated cohort was significantly lower than anti-S1-IgG and also lower than in unvaccinated infected persons. Despite repeated vaccinations and progressively increasing IgG antibody levels targeting the spike protein, most of the cohort reported breakthrough infections, possibly due to the lower concentration and reduced half-life of antibodies against the Omicron variant.

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Antibodies, ViralCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesSARS-CoV-2AdultAgedCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsFemaleHalf-LifeHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedPhosphoproteinsProspective StudiesSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, ViralCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19 VaccinesImmunoglobulin Gnucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2PhosphoproteinsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2antibody levelshalf‐life of specific IgGnucleocapsidOmicronSARS‐CoV‐2 vaccinationspike

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PMID41108558
PMCPMC12535279

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