Antibodies and protection against COVID-19

Authors

  • Constantino López-Macías <p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Hospital de Especialidades &ldquo;Dr. Bernardo Sep&uacute;lveda Guti&eacute;rrez&rdquo;, Unidad de Investigaci&oacute;n M&eacute;dica en Inmunoqu&iacute;mica. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico&nbsp;</p>
  • Tania Rivera-Hernández <p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Hospital de Especialidades &ldquo;Dr. Bernardo Sep&uacute;lveda Guti&eacute;rrez&rdquo;, Unidad de Investigaci&oacute;n M&eacute;dica en Inmunoqu&iacute;mica. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico</p>

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24875/RMIMSS.M20000001

Keywords:

SARS Virus, Coronavirus Infections, Antibodies, Virus Diseases

Abstract

Antibodies are one of the most important components of the immune system against infections. So far, little is known about the contribution of antibodies in the protection against the SARS-CoV-2. Measuring antibody levels in the population will allow to determine who has been infected; this could also be useful to know if people with certain levels of antibodies are already protected against the disease.

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Published

2020-04-13 — Updated on 2025-06-13

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Vol. 58 No. 2 (2020): March-April

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