Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2 in Children With COVID-19

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BACKGROUND: The immunologic features of children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are not clearly delineated. This study was conducted to evaluate SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody responses in children with COVID-19.

METHODS: The levels of anti-spike (S) IgG, anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG, and neutralizing antibody (NAb) were measured during various time points in children <19 years of age with COVID-19 in South Korea from February 2020 to September 2020.

RESULTS: One hundred sixty-five blood samples from 114 children with COVID-19 (43.9% asymptomatic and 56.1% mildly symptomatic) were analyzed. In both asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic children, the positive rates of anti-S IgG, anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG, and NAb were low within 7 days after onset, but they soon reached 100% 14 to <28 days after onset. In symptomatic children, the geometric mean titers (GMTs) of antibodies were all below the positive cutoff during the first 2 weeks from onset and peaked at 28 to <56 days (5.6 for anti-S IgG, 383.6 for anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG, and 55.0 for NAb, P < .001, respectively). Antibody levels remained detectable up to 3 months after infection. The antibody GMTs during the period 14 to <56 days after symptom onset were highest in children aged 0-4 years.

CONCLUSIONS: These results collectively present the humoral immune responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. A further longitudinal study is needed to thoroughly understand the immune system and for effective vaccine development in children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society - 11(2022), 6 vom: 22. Juni, Seite 267-273

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Han, Mi Seon [VerfasserIn]
Um, Jihye [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Eun Joo [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Kyung Min [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Sung Hee [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Hyunju [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Ye Kyung [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Youn Young [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Eun Young [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Dong Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Jae Hong [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jina [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Misuk [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Ki-Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Min, Hye Sook [VerfasserIn]
Choe, Young June [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Dong-Gyun [VerfasserIn]
Park, Jun-Sun [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Eun Hwa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Antibody response
COVID-19
Children
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 24.06.2022

Date Revised 24.06.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jpids/piac012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33806026X