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letter . 2021 Mar 8:ciab219. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab219
Estimated half-life of SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike antibodies more than double the half-life of anti-nucleocapsid antibodies in healthcare workers
Jan Van Elslande
1,#, Lien Gruwier
1,#, Lode Godderis
2,3, Pieter Vermeersch
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Jan Van Elslande
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Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine and National Reference Center for Respiratory Pathogens, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Lien Gruwier
1
Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine and National Reference Center for Respiratory Pathogens, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Lode Godderis
2
Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
3
IDEWE, External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Heverlee, Belgium
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Pieter Vermeersch
1
Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine and National Reference Center for Respiratory Pathogens, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
4
KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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1
Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine and National Reference Center for Respiratory Pathogens, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2
Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
3
IDEWE, External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Heverlee, Belgium
4
KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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Correspondence to: Pieter Vermeersch, Clinical department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Email pieter.vermeersch@uzleuven.be
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authors contributed equally
Received 2021 Feb 25.
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