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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jul 3;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202328. Online ahead of print.
Disappearance of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Infants Born to Women With COVID-19, Wuhan, China
Jinzhi Gao, Wei Li, Xiaolin Hu, Ying Wei, Jianli Wu, Xiaoping Luo, Suhua Chen, Ling Chen
Abstract
We report the detection and decline over time of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibodies in infants born to women with coronavirus disease. Among 11 infants tested at birth, all had detectable IgG and 5 had detectable IgM. IgG titers with positive IgM declined more slowly than those without.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; China; SARS-CoV-2; Wuhan; antibody; infant; passive immunity; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vertical transmission; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jul 3;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202328. Online ahead of print.
Disappearance of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Infants Born to Women With COVID-19, Wuhan, China
Jinzhi Gao, Wei Li, Xiaolin Hu, Ying Wei, Jianli Wu, Xiaoping Luo, Suhua Chen, Ling Chen
- PMID: 32620180
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2610.202328
Abstract
We report the detection and decline over time of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibodies in infants born to women with coronavirus disease. Among 11 infants tested at birth, all had detectable IgG and 5 had detectable IgM. IgG titers with positive IgM declined more slowly than those without.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; China; SARS-CoV-2; Wuhan; antibody; infant; passive immunity; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vertical transmission; viruses; zoonoses.