Study By MoGen Researchers Examines How Long Antibodies To Coronovirus Last After Infection
Research Highlights
Professor Anne-Claude Gingras
By
Amanda Ferguson, U of T News
Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras and Dr. Jennifer Gommerman (Dept Immunology) are co-leaders of a research study published in Science Immunology that examined the persistence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in blood and saliva. The Gray-Owen, Rini, Sicheri and Wrana labs also participated in the study. Their evidence suggests that antibodies to the viral spike protein are detectable for at least 115 days after infection of COVID-19 patients. Further, the study is the first to show that testing saliva may be a good alternative to testing blood for the presence of these antibodies.
