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. 2020 Nov 3;324(17):1781-1782.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.18796.

Change in Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 Over 60 Days Among Health Care Personnel in Nashville, Tennessee

Manish M Patel  1 , Natalie J Thornburg  1 , William B Stubblefield  2 , H Keipp Talbot  3 , Melissa M Coughlin  1 , Leora R Feldstein  1 , Wesley H Self  2
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Change in Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 Over 60 Days Among Health Care Personnel in Nashville, Tennessee

Manish M Patel et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study examines the duration of antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in health care personnel over a 60-day period in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Coughlin reported US Patent 7,728,110B2, an isolated human monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to SARS-CoV S protein. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Signal-to-Threshold Ratios at Baseline and 60 Days in Health Care Personnel Seropositive at Baseline
SARS-CoV-2 indicates severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The dotted line at y = 1.0 indicates the threshold for seropositivity.
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