Communications Medicine (Apr 2022)

A rapid antibody screening haemagglutination test for predicting immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

  • Nina Urke Ertesvåg,
  • Julie Xiao,
  • Fan Zhou,
  • Sonja Ljostveit,
  • Helene Sandnes,
  • Sarah Lartey,
  • Marianne Sævik,
  • Lena Hansen,
  • Anders Madsen,
  • Kristin G. I. Mohn,
  • Elisabeth Fjelltveit,
  • Jan Stefan Olofsson,
  • Tiong Kit Tan,
  • Pramila Rijal,
  • Lisa Schimanski,
  • Siri Øyen,
  • Karl Albert Brokstad,
  • Susanna Dunachie,
  • Anni Jämsén,
  • William S. James,
  • Adam C. Harding,
  • Heli Harvala,
  • Dung Nguyen,
  • David Roberts,
  • PHE Virology group,
  • Maria Zambon,
  • Oxford collaborative group,
  • Alain Townsend,
  • Bergen COVID-19 Research Group,
  • Nina Langeland,
  • Rebecca Jane Cox

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00091-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Ertesvåg, Xiao et al. describe a method to evaluate neutralising antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination, including variants of concern. A second mRNA-vaccine dose results in a broader antibody repertoire in adults, although with reduced cross-reactivity to beta and gamma compared to alpha and delta, particularly in the elderly.