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Defining the features and duration of antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with disease severity and outcome

Katharina Röltgen, Abigail E. Powell, Oliver F. Wirz and 27 more

Science Immunology · 2020

doi:10.1126/sciimmunol.abe0240

Abstract

Illness severity in COVID-19 correlates with specificity of serological responses, but antibody levels decrease in most patients.

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