Open AccessProfile of specific antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2
Author(s) -
Danny Mou,
Huangdi Feng,
Ruiyuan Cao,
Xing Weng,
Li-zhe Zhao,
Lingling Yang,
Ronghua Jin,
Weijun Chen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.001335
Subject(s) - antibody , covid-19 , immunology , immune system , virology , immunoglobulin m , immunoglobulin g , biology , medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
In this work, we studied the profile of IgM and IgG antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in 32 patients with COVID-19 from day 1 to day 24. IgM remained measurable for a much shorter period than IgG, suggesting that IgG antibody may represent the primary immune response.