Non-Invasive Antibody Assessment in Saliva to Determine SARS-CoV-2 Exposure in Young Children

Non-Invasive Antibody Assessment in Saliva to Determine SARS-CoV-2 Exposure in Young Children

Saliva is a body fluid with hitherto unused potential for the assessment of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Specific antibodies can indicate a past SARS-CoV-2 infection and allow to estimate the proportion of individuals with a potential protective immunity. First, we carefully characterized plasma samples o...

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Main Authors: Constanze Heinzel, Yudi T. Pinilla, Käthe Elsner, Evelyn Friessinger, Benjamin Mordmüller, Peter G. Kremsner, Jana Held, Rolf Fendel, Andrea Kreidenweiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
saliva
antibodies
children
epidemiology
prevalence
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.753435/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.753435/full

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