Persisting Neutralizing Activity to SARS-CoV-2 over Months in Sera of COVID-19 Patients
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethics
2.2. Patients
2.3. Methods
2.3.1. SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR
2.3.2. Detection of IgA and IgG Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2-S1-RBD-Protein
2.3.3. Virus Neutralization Assay (VNA)
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Flehmig, B.; Schindler, M.; Ruetalo, N.; Businger, R.; Bayer, M.; Haage, A.; Kirchner, T.; Klingel, K.; Normann, A.; Pridzun, L.; et al. Persisting Neutralizing Activity to SARS-CoV-2 over Months in Sera of COVID-19 Patients. Viruses 2020, 12, 1357. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12121357
Flehmig B, Schindler M, Ruetalo N, Businger R, Bayer M, Haage A, Kirchner T, Klingel K, Normann A, Pridzun L, et al. Persisting Neutralizing Activity to SARS-CoV-2 over Months in Sera of COVID-19 Patients. Viruses. 2020; 12(12):1357. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12121357
Chicago/Turabian StyleFlehmig, Bertram, Michael Schindler, Natalia Ruetalo, Ramona Businger, Manfred Bayer, Angelika Haage, Thomas Kirchner, Karin Klingel, Andrea Normann, Lutz Pridzun, and et al. 2020. "Persisting Neutralizing Activity to SARS-CoV-2 over Months in Sera of COVID-19 Patients" Viruses 12, no. 12: 1357. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12121357
APA StyleFlehmig, B., Schindler, M., Ruetalo, N., Businger, R., Bayer, M., Haage, A., Kirchner, T., Klingel, K., Normann, A., Pridzun, L., Tougianidou, D., & Ranke, M. B. (2020). Persisting Neutralizing Activity to SARS-CoV-2 over Months in Sera of COVID-19 Patients. Viruses, 12(12), 1357. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12121357