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Antibody Responses in a SARS-CoV-2 Healthcare Worker Cohort

An analysis of serum samples from 31 seropositive healthcare workers (80.6% symptomatic, 19.4% asymptomatic) during SARS-CoV-2 infection shows:

  • Neutralizing antibody 50% inhibitory dilution (ID50\text{ID}_{50}) values correlate well with IgG and IgM optical density values against the Spike (S) protein and its receptor-binding domain (RBD), but correlate poorly with those against the nucleocapsid (N) protein.
  • Asymptomatic and symptomatic healthcare workers show similar, lower ID50\text{ID}_{50} values compared to hospitalized COVID-19 patients with moderate-to-severe symptoms.
  • Because of these lower neutralizing antibody titers, healthcare workers exhibit a more frequent decline in neutralizing antibody levels over time compared to more severely ill patients.

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Updated 2026-07-07

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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Biomedical Sciences