Delayed Kinetics of IgG, but Not IgA, Antispike Antibodies in Transplant Recipients following SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Paolo CravediPatrick AhearnLin WangTanuja YalamartiSusan HartzellYorg AzziMadhav C Menon Aditya Jain Marzuq BillahMarcelo Fernandez-VinaHoward M GebelE Steve WoodleNatalie S HaddadAndrea Morrison-PorterF Eun-Hyung LeeIgnacio SanzEnver AkalinAlin GirnitaJonathan S Maltzman

Published in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN (2021)

Kidney transplant recipients mount early anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgA and IgM responses, whereas IgG responses are delayed compared with immunocompetent individuals. These findings might explain the poor outcomes in transplant recipients with COVID-19.

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