The kinetic variations of anti-nucleocapsid antibody in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Kawada, S.; Ogata, A.; Kato, Y.; Okamoto, M.; Yamaguchi, Y.; Morita, T.; Kumanogoh, A.

The humoral immune response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) plays a pivotal role in controlling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections. However, little is known about the persistence of the antibody response. We evaluated that the kinetics of anti-nucleocapsid protein antibody of SARS-CoV2 infected healthcare workers in COVID-19 cluster occurred hospital. The long-term kinetics of anti-N antibody was classified high and keep pattern, high and decay pattern, and low and keep pattern. COVID-19 contact and symptomaticity was not related to kinetic patterns. The reason of kinetic difference was still unclear. However natural anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody persistence was not uniform, suggesting inter-individual difference of SARS-CoV2 vaccine efficacy.