Antibody conversion rates to SARS-CoV-2 in saliva from children attending summer schools in Barcelona, Spain.
Carlota DobanoSelena AlonsoMariona Fernández de SevillaMarta VidalAlfons JiménezGemma Pons TomasChenjerai JairoceMaría Melé CasasRocío RubioMaría Hernández GarcíaGemma Ruiz-OlallaMònica Girona-AlarcónDiana BarriosRebeca SantanoRobert A MitchellLaura PuyolLeonie MayerJordi ChiNatalia Rodrigo MeleroCarlo CarolisAleix Garcia-MiquelElisenda Bonet-CarneJoana ClaverolMarta CubellsClaudia FortunyVictoria FumadóCristina JouCarmen Muñoz-AlmagroLuis IzquierdoQuique BassatEduard GratacósRuth AguilarJuan José García-GarcíaGemma MoncunillIolanda JordanPublished in: BMC medicine (2021)
Saliva antibody profiling including three isotypes and multiplexing antigens is a useful and user-friendlier tool for screening pediatric populations to detect low viral load exposures among children, particularly while they are not vaccinated and vulnerable to highly contagious variants, and to recommend public health policies during pandemics.