Antibody Seronegativity in COVID-19 RT-PCR-Positive Children.
Maala BhattRoger L ZemekKen TangRichard MalleyAmy C PlintAnne Pham-HuyJennifer DawsonCandice McGahernMartin PelchatCorey ArnoldYannick GalipeauMarc-André LangloisPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2022)
This substudy of a prospective case-ascertained household transmission study investigated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction-positive individuals without antibody development and factors associated with nonseroconversion. Approximately 1 of 8 individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 did not seroconvert. Children, particularly the youngest, were approximately half as likely to seroconvert compared with adults. Apart from the absence of fever/chills, individual symptoms did not strongly predict nonseroconversion.