TY - JOUR AU - Alshukairi, Abeer AU - Khalid, Imran AU - Ahmed, Waleed AU - Dada, Ashraf AU - Bayumi, Daniyah AU - Malic, Laut AU - Althawadi, Sahar AU - Ignacio, Kim AU - Alsalmi, Hanadi AU - Al-Abdely, Hail AU - Wali, Ghassan AU - Qushmaq, Ismael AU - Alraddadi, Basem AU - Perlman, Stanley T1 - Antibody Response and Disease Severity in Healthcare Worker MERS Survivors T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 6 SP - 1113 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - antibody KW - Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus KW - MERS-CoV KW - ELISA KW - indirect immunofluorescence assay KW - IFA KW - healthcare workers KW - immune response KW - viruses KW - Jeddah KW - Saudi Arabia DO - 10.3201/eid2206.160010 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/6/16-0010_article ER - End of Reference