Correlates of Nucleocapsid Antibodies and a Combination of Spike and Nucleocapsid Antibodies Against Protection of SARS-CoV-2 Infection During the Omicron XBB.1.16/EG.5-Predominant Wave.
Shohei YamamotoYusuke OshiroNatsumi InamuraTakashi NemotoTomofumi TanKumi HoriiKaori OkuderaMaki KonishiTetsuya MizoueHaruhito SugiyamaNobuyoshi AoyanagiWataru SugiuraNorio OhmagariPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)
Pre-reinfection N antibody levels correlated with protection against reinfection, independent of S antibodies. If the N antibodies were low, vaccine-boosted S antibodies might enhance the reinfection protection.
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