Prevalence of neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in acute infection and convalescence : A systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop neutralising antibodies. We investigated the proportion of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies after infection and how this proportion varies with selected covariates.

METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the proportion of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies after infection and how these proportions vary with selected covariates. Three models using the maximum likelihood method assessed these proportions by study group, covariates and individually extracted data (protocol CRD42020208913). A total of 983 reports were identified and 27 were included. The pooled (95%CI) proportion of individuals with neutralising antibodies was 85.3% (83.5-86.9) using the titre cut off >1:20 and 83.9% (82.2-85.6), 70.2% (68.1-72.5) and 54.2% (52.0-56.5) with titres >1:40, >1:80 and >1:160, respectively. These proportions were higher among patients with severe COVID-19 (e.g., titres >1:80, 84.8% [80.0-89.2], >1:160, 74.4% [67.5-79.7]) than those with mild presentation (56.7% [49.9-62.9] and 44.1% [37.3-50.6], respectively) and lowest among asymptomatic infections (28.6% [17.9-39.2] and 10.0% [3.7-20.1], respectively). IgG and neutralising antibody levels correlated poorly.

CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: 85% of individuals with proven SARS-CoV-2 infection had detectable neutralising antibodies. This proportion varied with disease severity, study setting, time since infection and the method used to measure antibodies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 15(2021), 7 vom: 09. Juli, Seite e0009551

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Savage, Helen R [VerfasserIn]
Santos, Victor S [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Giorgi, Emanuele [VerfasserIn]
Krishna, Sanjeev [VerfasserIn]
Planche, Timothy D [VerfasserIn]
Staines, Henry M [VerfasserIn]
Fitchett, Joseph R A [VerfasserIn]
Kirwan, Daniela E [VerfasserIn]
Cubas Atienzar, Ana I [VerfasserIn]
Clark, David J [VerfasserIn]
Adams, Emily R [VerfasserIn]
Cuevas, Luis E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 06.08.2021

Date Revised 05.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pntd.0009551

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32783031X