Jump to content

10 Percent of Wuhan Study Patients Lose Coronavirus Antibodies Within Weeks


Recommended Posts

Posted

https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-antibodies-lost-10-wuhan-study-patients-within-21-days-1511850

Chinese scientists have cast doubt over whether we have long-lasting immunity to the coronavirus in two studies released this week, prompting them to question the use of immunity certificates.

The study was limited, the team said, because they did not have long-term data on the recovered COVID-19 patients and whether they retained their antibodies. In addition, antibody tests are not necessarily entirely reliable.

"In this study, we observed that IgG [virus-specific] levels and neutralizing antibodies in a high proportion of individuals who recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection start to decrease within 2–3 months after infection," co-author Ai-Long Huang, of the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases at China's Chongqing Medical University, and colleagues wrote in the paper.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...