Decline of antibodies to major viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication date: Dec 14, 2024

Surges in infections caused by respiratory pathogens have been documented in multiple settings after relaxation of pandemic restrictions. Antibodies to major antigens from respiratory syncytial virus and Group A Streptococcus waned significantly in a longitudinal adult cohort throughout the pandemic. This waning may have contributed to the pathogen-surges that followed.

Concepts Keywords
Covid antibody
Pandemic Group A Streptococcus
Relaxation immunity
Streptococcus respiratory syncytial virus
Viral Sars-CoV-2
waning

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19 pandemic
disease MESH infections
disease IDO pathogen

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