Antibody Response and Disease Severity in Healthcare Worker MERS Survivors
Antibody, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, MERS-CoV, ELISA, Indirect immunofluorescence assay, IFA
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.
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
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine