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. 2021 Jan 2;48(2):160–165. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2020.12.003

Table 1.

Studies describing antibody production after infection with SARS-CoV2.

Title Authors Number of patients Statements
Antibody responses to SARS-CoV2 in patients with COVID-19 Long et al [16] n = 285
(63 follow-up measurements for SARS-CoV2 positive hospitalized tested patients)
  • “The median day of seroconversion for both IgG and IgM was 13 days post symptom onset”

  • “The proportion of patients with positive virus-specific IgG reached 100% approximately 17–19 days after symptom onset, while the proportion of patients with positive virus-specific IgM reached a peak of 94.1% approximately 20–22 days after symptom onset.”

  • “Serological testing may be helpful for diagnosis of suspected patients with negative RT-PCR and for the identification of asymptomatic infections.”

Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in patients of novel coronavirus disease 2019 Zhao et al [17] n = 173
  • “The presence of antibodies was <40% among patients within 1 week of onset, and rapidly increased to 100.0% (Ab), 94.3% (IgM), and 79.8% (IgG) by day 15 after onset.”

Antibody detection and dynamic characteristics in patients with COVID-19 Xiang et al [18] n = 109 (85 with confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV2 and 24 patients with suspected diagnosis of SARS-CoV2 infection)
  • “The seroconversion of specific IgM and IgG antibodies were observed as early as the 4th day after symptom onset.”

  • “The antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 can be detected in the middle and later stage of the illness.”