Descriptive Evaluation of Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Plasma and Gingival Crevicular Fluid in a Nursing Home Cohort-Arkansas, June-August 2020.
Nicole E BrownAmanda K LyonsAmy J SchuhMegan M StumpfJennifer L HarcourtAzaibi TaminMohammad Ata Ur RasheedLisa MillsSandra N LesterNatalie J ThornburgKenny NguyenVeronica CostantiniJan VinjéJennifer Y HuangSarah E GilbertPaige GableSusan BollingerSarah SabourElizabeth M BeshearseDiya SurieCaitlin BiedronChristopher J GregoryNakia S ClemmonsBrett WhitakerMelissa M CoughlinKathryn A SeelyKelley GarnerTrent GulleyTafarra HaneyAtul KothariNaveen PatilAlison Laufer HalpinL Clifford McDonaldPreeta K KuttyAllison C BrownPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)
Nursing home residents had detectable SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in plasma and GCF after infection. Kinetics of antibodies detected in GCF mirrored those from plasma. Non-invasive GCF may be useful for detecting and monitoring immunologic responses in populations unable or unwilling to be phlebotomized.