J Med Virol
. 2022 May 3.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.27822. Online ahead of print.
Persistently positive SARS-CoV-2 specific IgM during one-year follow-up
Marcela Helena Gambim Fonseca 1 , Maria Francilene Souza Silva 1 , Ana Carolina Matias Dinelly Pinto 1 , Amanda Campelo Lima de Melo 1 , Fátima de Cássia Evangelista de Oliveira 1 , Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho Araújo 1 , Luiz Odorico Monteiro de Andrade 1
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- PMID: 35505640
- DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27822
Abstract
IgM antibodies typically appear in the early stage of infection and have a short maintenance time, so IgM is frequently used as a diagnostic criterion for acute or recent disease [1]. However, unconventional IgM specific responses have been described in SARS-COV-2 infection, raising doubts about the use of IgM as a biomarker for COVID-19 and the role of this antibody in immunity to SARS-CoV-2 [1,2]. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Coronavirus; Humoral immuity; Immune responses; Immunoglobin; Virus classification.