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. 2003 Jul;23(7):637-9.

[Antibody response of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to nucleocapsid antigen of SARS-associated coronavirus]

[Article in Chinese]
Xiao-yan Che  1 , Wei Hao, Li-wen Qiu, Yu-xian Pan, Zhi-yong Liao, Hua Xu, Jin-jun Chen, Jin-lin Hou, Patrick C Y Woo, Susanna K P Lau, Yung Yuen Kwok, Zhen Huang
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  • PMID: 12865207

[Antibody response of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to nucleocapsid antigen of SARS-associated coronavirus]

[Article in Chinese]
Xiao-yan Che et al. Di Yi Jun Yi Da Xue Xue Bao. 2003 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: To assess serum antibody responses of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to nucleocapsid (N) antigen of SARS-associated coronavirus.

Methods: The serum levels of IgM and IgG antibodies to N antigen were measured in 200 healthy blood donors and 13 SARS patients at different time points of acute and convalescent phases using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with N fusion proteins of SARS-associated coronaviruses.

Results: The IgM positive critical value of 0.233 and IgG of 0.239 were selected as the threshold value for positive results that equals the product of 2.1 and the mean IgM and IgG levels of 200 healthy blood donors. In 13 patients with SARS, the antibody responses to N antigen were not detectable in the first week after the onset of symptoms. The IgM and IgG seroprotection rates were 83.3% and 66.7% respectively in the second week, both reaching 100% at the third week. IgM seroprotection rates was 61.5% in the second month, and 38.5% at third month. The IgG peaked one month after the onset and remained at high levels in the following 2 months.

Conclusion: The antibody responses suggest that N protein of SARS is immunodominant and plays an important role in viral pathogenesis. This ELISA-based test for detecting anti- N antigen may be of significant value for SARS diagnosis.

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