Coronavirus Antibody Responses before COVID-19 Pandemic, Africa and Thailand
Yifan Li, Mélanie Merbah, Suzanne Wollen-Roberts, Bradley Beckman, Thembi Mdluli, Isabella Swafford, Sandra V. Mayer, Jocelyn King, Courtney Corbitt, Jeffrey R. Currier, Heather Liu, Allahna Esber, Suteeraporn Pinyakorn, Ajay Parikh, Leilani V. Francisco, Nittaya Phanuphak, Jonah Maswai, John Owuoth, Hannah Kibuuka, Michael Iroezindu, Emmanuel Bahemana, Sandhya Vasan, Julie A. Ake, Kayvon Modjarrad, Gregory Gromowski, Dominic Paquin-Proulx, and Morgane Rolland
Author affiliations: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (Y. Li, M. Merbah, S. Wollen-Roberts, B. Beckman, T. Mdluli, I. Swafford, S.V. Mayer, J. King, C. Corbitt, H. Liu, A. Esber, S. Pinyakorn, A. Parikh, L.V. Francisco, S. Vasan, J.A. Ake, K. Modjarrad, G. Gromowski, D. Paquin-Proulx, M. Rolland); Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA (Y. Li, M. Merbah, S. Wollen-Roberts, B. Beckman, T. Mdluli, I. Swafford, H. Liu, A. Esber, S. Pinyakorn, A. Parikh, L.V. Francisco, S. Vasan, D. Paquin-Proulx, M. Rolland); Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Bangkok, Thailand (N. Phanuphak); HJF Medical Research International, Kericho, Kenya (J. Maswai, J. Owuoth, M. Iroezindu, E. Bahemana); Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda (H. Kibuuka)
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Figure 1. IgG responses to S2 protein among HIV-positive and HIV-negative participants in a study of coronavirus antibody responses before COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand (2013–2020) and Africa (2018–2020). A) Thailand; B) Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. We measured MFI for SARS-CoV-2 S2 IgG binding responses in 2,565 serum and plasma samples. Blue dashed line indicates maximum observed signal in 2 negative control samples; pink dashed line indicates minimum observed signal in positive control samples collected from SARS-CoV-2 convalescent patients. Symbols indicate the country of origin, collection date, and HIV-1 status of each participant. Dates indicate sample collection date. MFI, mean fluorescent intensity; S2, subunit 2 protein.
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