2023
Viral kinetics of sequential SARS-CoV-2 infections
Kissler S, Hay J, Fauver J, Mack C, Tai C, Anderson D, Ho D, Grubaugh N, Grad Y. Viral kinetics of sequential SARS-CoV-2 infections. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 6206. PMID: 37798265, PMCID: PMC10556125, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41941-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionFaster clearance timesPrior SARS-CoV-2 infectionViral clearance timeSecond infectionClearance timeViral kineticsFirst infectionAcute SARS-CoV-2 infectionVaccination statusAnterior naresOropharyngeal swabsImmune responseSubsequent infectionSequential infectionViral variantsInfectionHost factorsConvenience sampleSame variantRT-qPCR measurementsRelative abilityVaccinationSwabsIndividuals
2021
Delayed production of neutralizing antibodies correlates with fatal COVID-19
Lucas C, Klein J, Sundaram ME, Liu F, Wong P, Silva J, Mao T, Oh JE, Mohanty S, Huang J, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Israelow B, Vogels CBF, Muenker MC, Chang CH, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Zell J, Fournier JB, Wyllie A, Campbell M, Lee A, Chun H, Grubaugh N, Schulz W, Farhadian S, Dela Cruz C, Ring A, Shaw A, Wisnewski A, Yildirim I, Ko A, Omer S, Iwasaki A. Delayed production of neutralizing antibodies correlates with fatal COVID-19. Nature Medicine 2021, 27: 1178-1186. PMID: 33953384, PMCID: PMC8785364, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01355-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeceased patientsAntibody levelsAntibody responseDisease severityAnti-S IgG levelsCOVID-19 disease outcomesFatal COVID-19Impaired viral controlWorse clinical progressionWorse disease severitySevere COVID-19Length of hospitalizationImmunoglobulin G levelsHumoral immune responseCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19 mortalityCOVID-19Domain (RBD) IgGSeroconversion kineticsDisease courseIgG levelsClinical parametersClinical progressionHumoral responseDisease onset