Research indicates SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in kids after COVID may peak at 1 to 3 months

SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in kids after COVID may peak at 1 to 3 months Neutralizing antibody levels peaked at 84% 1 to 3 months post-infection but stayed around 70% for 13 months. CIDRAP

In a group of nonhospitalized children 0 to 16 years old, SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody levels peaked at about 84% 1 to 3 months after they tested positive for COVID-19 but remain high for more than a year, finds a single-center study published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.

The study involved pre-Omicron strains and also found that antibody response in the first month after infection was most durable in participants younger than 5 years.

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