By IDSE News Staff
Researchers report that antibody levels in the blood of COVID-19 patients drop rapidly during the weeks after their bodies have cleared the virus and symptoms have subsided (mBio [Epub Oct 16, 2020]. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02590-20).
In the absence of approved, effective treatments for COVID-19, some clinicians have been treating patients with severe symptoms with convalescent plasma in the hope that the antibodies in the blood will act against SARS-CoV-2.