Longitudinal seroprevalence study among pregnant people indicates waning of immunity from natural SARS-CoV-2 infections UW medrxivpreprint SARSCoV2 Pregnancy COVID19 Seroprevalence Immunity
By Dr. Chinta SidharthanJan 3 2023Reviewed by Aimee Molineux In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated the seroprevalence and durability of antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 nucleocapsid protein among pregnant individuals and investigated transplacental antibody transfer.
However, longitudinal studies spanning ante- and post-natal periods investigating anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in pregnant people and infants are scarce. Information on the antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 infections during and after pregnancy as well as the efficacy of transplacental antibody transfer, could help understand the protection granted by natural SARS-CoV-2 infections to the mother and the neonate.
The chemiluminescent immunoassay was used to determine the anti-nucleocapsid immunoglobulin G levels in the blood samples. The primary exposure was determined based on the diagnosis, symptoms, and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections. The anti-nucleocapsid IgG levels and their durability, as well as the transplacental anti-nucleocapsid IgG antibody transfer, were the measured primary outcomes.
The probability of testing positive for anti-nucleocapsid IgG antibodies was seen to decrease with increasing age, with each year decreasing the seropositive probability by 8%. Of the 65 seropositive individuals, 35% exhibited COVID-19 symptoms, with 21 having mild symptoms and two showing severe symptoms. Two of the seropositive individuals were also hospitalized due to severe COVID-19.
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