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. 2005 Dec;12(12):1455-7.
doi: 10.1128/CDLI.12.12.1455-1457.2005.

Longitudinal analysis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronavirus-specific antibody in SARS patients

Shan-Chwen Chang  1 , Jann-Tay Wang, Li-Min Huang, Yee-Chun Chen, Chi-Tai Fang, Wang-Huei Sheng, Jiun-Ling Wang, Chong-Jen Yu, Pan-Chyr Yang
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Longitudinal analysis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronavirus-specific antibody in SARS patients

Shan-Chwen Chang et al. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Dec.

Abstract

The serum antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus of 18 SARS patients were checked at 1 month and every 3 months after disease onset. All of them except one, who missed blood sampling at 1 month, tested positive for the immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody at 1 month. Fifteen out of 17 tested positive for the IgM antibody at 1 month. The serum IgM antibody of most patients became undetectable within 6 months after the onset of SARS. The IgG antibody of all 17 patients, whose serum was checked 1 year after disease onset, remained positive.

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