Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Detection of neutralizing antibodies against multiple SARS-CoV-2 strains in dried blood spots using cell-free PCR

  • Kenneth Danh,
  • Donna Grace Karp,
  • Malvika Singhal,
  • Akshaya Tankasala,
  • David Gebhart,
  • Felipe de Jesus Cortez,
  • Devangkumar Tandel,
  • Peter V. Robinson,
  • David Seftel,
  • Mars Stone,
  • Graham Simmons,
  • Anil Bagri,
  • Martin A. Schreiber,
  • Andreas Buser,
  • Andreas Holbro,
  • Manuel Battegay,
  • Mary Kate Morris,
  • Carl Hanson,
  • John R. Mills,
  • Dane Granger,
  • Elitza S. Theel,
  • James R. Stubbs,
  • Laurence M. Corash,
  • Cheng-ting Tsai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31796-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Neutralizing antibodies are critical for conferring immunity against SARS-CoV-2. Here, Dahn et al. report a PCR assay termed SONIA (Split-Oligonucleotide Neighboring Inhibition Assay) for measuring neutralizing antibodies against multiple SARS-CoV-2 strains in fingerprick dried blood spot samples.