Antibody Response and Disease Severity in Healthcare Worker MERS Survivors
subject: Antibody, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, MERS-CoV, ELISA, Indirect immunofluorescence assay, IFA
description: We studied antibody response in 9 healthcare workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, who survived Middle East respiratory syndrome, by using serial ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence assay testing. Among patients who had experienced severe pneumonia, antibody was detected for >18 months after infection. Antibody longevity was more variable in patients who had experienced milder disease.
creator: Abeer N. Alshukairi, Imran Khalid, Waleed A. Ahmed, Ashraf M. Dada, Daniyah T. Bayumi, Laut S. Malic, Sahar Al Thawadi, Kim Ignacio, Hanadi S. Alsalmi, Hail M. Al-Abdely, Ghassan Y. Wali, Ismael A. Qushmaq, Basem M. Alraddadi, Stanley Perlman
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2016
language: EN
identifier: DOI: 10.3201/eid2206.160010
coverage: Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine