Tag: antibodies
Denmark was right to cull mink: “SARS-CoV-2 mutations acquired in mink reduce antibody-mediated neutralization”
“These results suggest that antibody responses induced upon infection or certain antibodies used for treatment might offer insufficient protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants from mink.” More...
Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Italy in September 2019
Table 1 reports anti-SARS-CoV-2 RBD antibody detection according to the time of sample collection in Italy. More...
Circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.1.7, 501Y.V2, and P.1 have gained ability to utilize rat and mouse Ace2 and altered in vitro sensitivity to neutralizing antibodies and ACE2-Ig
Here, we first investigated cross-species receptor usage of multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants that emerged during the pandemic. More...
Denmark: just 3.% of test group had coronavirus antibodies by November 2020
At the end of November, 3.9% of study participants had antibodies to neon coronavirus in their blood samples. More...
Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 are associated with protection against reinfection
The immune system protects people after a corona infection probably for at least six months from another disease. More...
Covid antibodies ‘fall rapidly after infection’
Levels of protective coronavirus antibodies in people wane “quite rapidly” after coronavirus infection, say researchers. More...