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. 2021 Feb 11;32:100734. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100734

Table 2.

Antibody titer half-lives.

Half-life (day) of antibody titer (95%CI)
Severity After peak titer After 30 days post-onset*
RBD-IgG Mild 56.6 (33.1–194.3) 2804 (67.7– −71.2)
Moderate 34.5 (24.9–55.9) 101.3 (32.1– −88.0)
Severe 27.7 (22.8–35.4) 42.8 (31.8–65.2)
Combined 32.9 (27.7–40.7) 57.9 (40.5–95.0)
RBD-IgM Mild 23.3 (18.1–32.7) 43.4 (23.3–315.1)
Moderate 22.9 (18.2–31.1) 40.2 (19.0– −334.0)
Severe 16.6 (14.5–19.3) 22.7 (18.0–30.7)
Combined 19.3 (17.3–21.9) 26.6 (21.3–35.5)
Ectodomain Mild 41.5 (28.4–76.8) 50.0 (24.4– −951.5)
Moderate 63.5 (38.0–192.7) 130.8 (29.0– −52.1)
Severe 47.0 (33.1–81.5 66.9 (33.9–2194)
Combined 49.3 (38.3–69.3) 60.6 (36.4–180.0)
N Mild 37.5 (25.2–73.2) 29.2 (18.4–70.7)
Moderate 42.1 (27.5–89.8) 1412 (33.7– −35.7)
Severe 30.4 (23.0–44.9) 48.5 (28.9–151.1)
Combined 35.5 (28.6–46.9) 43.4 (29.4–83.1)
Neutralization Mild 39.3 (23.2–126.2) 28.8 (17.3–84.6)
Moderate 36.8 (22.8–95.6) −556.8 (33.2– −29.7)
Severe 40.7 (28.2–73.1) 107.8 (43.6– −228.9)
Combined 39.6 (30.0–58.1) 71.8 (39.8–369.8)

Negative half-lives theoretically correspond to doubling times as calculated by using the statistical model. However, they should be interpreted as “infinite” if such a reversal after peak-out is biologically unlikely.