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Preliminary data from China suggests that a non negligible percentage (maybe 5%) of recovered patients never produce the neutralizing antibody. https://www.med
by cowmoo728 7y ago
Preliminary data from China suggests that a non negligible percentage (maybe 5%) of recovered patients never produce the neutralizing antibody.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.30.20047365v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.30.20047365v...
This would mean the antibody test alone cannot tell the full extent of community spread. There's a brief summary of antibody knowledge here.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/what-do-antibody-tests-for-sars-cov-2-tell-us-about-immunity--67425 https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/what-do-antibody-...