Floriane Gallais, Pierre Gantner, Timothée Bruel, Aurélie Velay, Delphine Planas, Marie-Josée Wendling, Sophie Bayer, Morgane Solis, Elodie Laugel, Nathalie Reix, Anne Schneider, Ludovic Glady, Baptiste Panaget, Nicolas Collongues, Marialuisa Partisani, Jean-Marc Lessinger, Arnaud Fontanet, David Rey, Yves Hansmann, Laurence Kling-Pillitteri, Olivier Schwartz, Jérome De Sèze, Nicolas Meyer, Maria Gonzalez, Catherine Schmidt-Mutter, Samira Fafi-Kremer
BACKGROUND: Assessment of the kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies is essential in predicting risk of reinfection and durability of vaccine protection. METHODS: This is a prospective, monocentric, longitudinal, cohort clinical study. Healthcare workers (HCW) from Strasbourg University Hospital were enrolled between April 6th and May 7th, 2020 and followed up to 422 days. Serial serum samples were tested for antibodies against the Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) of the spike protein and nucleocapsid protein (N) to characterize the kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and the incidence of reinfection...
August 26, 2021: EBioMedicine