Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2016)

Antibody Response and Disease Severity in Healthcare Worker MERS Survivors

  • Abeer N. Alshukairi,
  • Imran Khalid,
  • Waleed A. Ahmed,
  • Ashraf M. Dada,
  • Daniyah T. Bayumi,
  • Laut S. Malic,
  • Sahar Althawadi,
  • Kim Ignacio,
  • Hanadi S. Alsalmi,
  • Hail M. Al-Abdely,
  • Ghassan Y. Wali,
  • Ismael A. Qushmaq,
  • Basem M. Alraddadi,
  • Stanley Perlman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2206.160010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 6
pp. 1113 – 1115

Abstract

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We studied antibody response in 9 healthcare workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, who survived Middle East respiratory syndrome, by using serial ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence assay testing. Among patients who had experienced severe pneumonia, antibody was detected for >18 months after infection. Antibody longevity was more variable in patients who had experienced milder disease.

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