1. Persistence of Antibodies against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
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Daniel C. Payne, Ibrahim Iblan, Brian Rha, Sultan Alqasrawi, Aktham Haddadin, Mohannad Al Nsour, Tarek Alsanouri, Sami Sheikh Ali, Jennifer Harcourt, Congrong Miao, Azaibi Tamin, Susan I. Gerber, Lia M. Haynes, and Mohammad Mousa Al Abdallat
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MERS-CoV ,Middle East respiratory syndrome ,serology ,antibody ,novel coronavirus ,severe acute respiratory illness ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
To determine how long antibodies against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus persist, we measured long-term antibody responses among persons serologically positive or indeterminate after a 2012 outbreak in Jordan. Antibodies, including neutralizing antibodies, were detectable in 6 (86%) of 7 persons for at least 34 months after the outbreak.
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- 2016
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