Serum antibody response in COVID-19-recovered patients who retested positive.
Can Commun Dis Rep
; 47(4): 195-201, 2021 May 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1244372
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Research studies comparing antibody response from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases that retested positive (RP) using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and those who did not retest positive (NRP) were used to investigate a possible relationship between antibody response and retesting status.METHODS:
Seven data bases were searched. Research criteria included cohort and case-control studies, carried out worldwide and published before September 9, 2020, that compared the serum antibody levels of hospitalized COVID-19 cases that RP after discharge to those that did NRP.RESULTS:
There is some evidence that immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody levels in RP cases were lower compared with NRP cases. The hypothesis of incomplete clearance aligns with these findings. The possibility of false negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR test results during viral clearance is also plausible, as concentration of the viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) in nasopharyngeal and fecal swabs fluctuate below the limits of RT-PCR detection during virus clearance. The probability of reinfection was less likely to be the cause of retesting positive because of the low risk of exposure where cases observed a 14 day-quarantine after discharge.CONCLUSION:
More studies are needed to better explain the immune response of recovered COVID-19 cases retesting positive after discharge.
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Collection:
International databases
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Can Commun Dis Rep
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
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Epidemiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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