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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Dispatch

Antibody Profiles According to Mild or Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2020

William T. HuComments to Author , J. Christina Howell, Tugba Ozturk, Karima Benameur, Leda C. Bassit, Richard Ramonell, Kevin S. Cashman, Shama Pirmohammed, John D. Roback, Vincent C. Marconi, Irene Yang, Valerie V. Mac, Daniel Smith, Ignacio Sanz, Whitney Wharton, F. Eun-Hyung Lee, and Raymond F. Schinazi
Author affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 2

Demographic and other information for a prospective cohort who recovered from an influenza-like illness, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2020

Characteristic IgG <0.82, IgM <2.00, n = 60 IgG <0.82, IgM ≥2.00, n = 44 IgG ≥0.82, IgM <2.00, n = 8 IgG ≥0.82, IgM ≥2.00, n = 4 p value
Symptom onset, no. (%) 0.029
7–29 d earlier 23 (38) 7 (16) 1 (12) 0
30–60 d earlier
37 (62)
37 (84)
7 (88)
4 (100)

Sex, no. (%) 0.042
F 29 (48) 33 (75) 4 (50) 3 (75)
M
31 (52)
11 (25)
4 (50)
1 (25)

Median age, y (range) 45.5 (19.4–73.7) 34.9 (25.9–73.3) 43.6 (31.7–62.3) 37.3 (33.5–48.2) 0.113
Non-Hispanic Caucasian 47 (78) 36 (82) 6 (75) 4 (100) 0.715
Healthcare worker 35 (58) 27 (61) 4 (50) 2 (50) 0.918
Potential exposure to coronavirus disease 37 (62) 22 (50) 5 (62) 2 (50) 0.662
Never smoker
51 (85)
38 (86)
7 (88)
2 (50)
0.119
Clinical signs/symptoms
Cough 38 (63) 37 (84) 2 (25) 4 (100) 0.002
Fever/chills 21 (35) 21 (48) 2 (25) 3 (75) 0.214
Shortness of breath 21 (35) 13 (29) 1 (12) 3 (75) 0.166
Myalgia 34 (57) 21 (48) 4 (50) 4 (100) 0.228
Headaches 38 (63) 21 (48) 3 (37) 3 (75) 0.238
Sore throat 27 (45) 25 (57) 3 (37) 4 (100) 0.117
Nasal congestion/rhinorrhea 37 (62) 30 (68) 3 (37) 0 0.029
Diarrhea 11 (18) 13 (29) 2 (25) 2 (50) 0.352
Anosmia 6 (10) 5 (11) 0 2 (50) 0.067
Fatigue 1 (2) 4 (9) 0 0 0.262
Vomiting 2 (3) 3 (7) 0 0 0.717

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