Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for up to 8 months after infection
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Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for up to 8 months after infection
Abstract
Understanding immune memory to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is critical for improving diagnostics and vaccines and for assessing the likely future course of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed multiple compartments of circulating immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 in 254 samples from 188 COVID-19 cases, including 43 samples at ≥6 months after infection. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) to the spike protein was relatively stable over 6+ months. Spike-specific memory B cells were more abundant at 6 months than at 1 month after symptom onset. SARS-CoV-2-specific CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells declined with a half-life of 3 to 5 months. By studying antibody, memory B cell, CD4+ T cell, and CD8+ T cell memory to SARS-CoV-2 in an integrated manner, we observed that each component of SARS-CoV-2 immune memory exhibited distinct kinetics.
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Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for up to eight months after infection.bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2020 Dec 18:2020.11.15.383323. doi: 10.1101/2020.11.15.383323. bioRxiv. 2020. Update in: Science. 2021 Feb 5;371(6529):eabf4063. doi: 10.1126/science.abf4063. PMID: 33442687 Free PMC article. Updated. Preprint.
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