Persistence of Antibodies against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Abstract

To determine how long antibodies against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus persist, we measured long-term antibody responses among persons serologically positive or indeterminate after a 2012 outbreak in Jordan. Antibodies, including neutralizing antibodies, were detectable in 6 (86%) of 7 persons for at least 34 months after the outbreak.

Keywords

• MERS-CoV
• Middle East respiratory syndrome
• serology
• antibody
• novel coronavirus
• severe acute respiratory illness