Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Protective humoral and cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 persist up to 1 year after recovery

  • Chengqian Feng,
  • Jingrong Shi,
  • Qinghong Fan,
  • Yaping Wang,
  • Huang Huang,
  • Fengjuan Chen,
  • Guofang Tang,
  • Youxia Li,
  • Pingchao Li,
  • Jiaojiao Li,
  • Jianping Cui,
  • Liliangzi Guo,
  • Sisi Chen,
  • Mengling Jiang,
  • Liqiang Feng,
  • Ling Chen,
  • Chunliang Lei,
  • Changwen Ke,
  • Xilong Deng,
  • Fengyu Hu,
  • Xiaoping Tang,
  • Feng Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25312-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The quality of immune response to SARS-CoV-2 is thought to wane over time, but it is unclear how long it can persist. Here the authors show persistent immune responses in a large number of patients over the course of a 1-year follow-up from the time of recovery from COVID-19.