Over 40% of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) COVID-19 patients were asymptomatically infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the immune responses of these asymptomatic individuals is a critical factor for developing the strategy to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we determined the viral dynamics and antibody responses among 143 asymptomatic individuals identified in a massive screening of more than 5 million people in eight districts of Wuhan in May 2020. Asymptomatic individuals were admitted to the government-designated centralized sites in accordance with policy. The incidence rate of asymptomatic infection is similar to 2.92/100,000. These individuals had low viral copy numbers (peaked at 315 copies/mL) and short-lived antibody responses with the estimated diminish time of 69 days. The antibody responses in individuals with persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection is much longer with the estimated diminish time of 257 days. These results imply that the immune responses in the asymptomatic individuals are not potent enough for preventing SARS-CoV-2 re-infection, which has recently been reported in recovered COVID-19 patients. This casts doubt on the efficacy of forming "herd-immunity" through natural SARS-CoV-2 infection and urges for the development of safe and effective vaccines.
基金:
National Science and Technology Major Project [2018ZX10101004001005]; National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFA0507201]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [31770188, 32070179, 31900144]; Fundamental Research Funds for Central Public Welfare Scientific Research Institutes - National Institute of Metrology, P.R. China [31-ZYZJ2001, AKYYJ2009]; Advanced Customer Cultivation Project of Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory Chinese Academy of Sciences [2018ACCP-MS01]; Key Technology Development Program of Shenzhen [JSGG20200225153042494]
第一作者单位:[1]Natl Inst Metrol, Ctr Adv Measurement Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[3]Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Biosafety Mega Sci, State Key Lab Virol, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China[4]Wuhan Inst Virol, Joint Lab Infect Dis & Hlth, Wuhan, Peoples R China[5]Wuhan Jinyintan Hosp, Wuhan, Peoples R China[9]Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Sui Zhiwei,Dai Xinhua,Lu Qingbin,et al.Viral dynamics and antibody responses in people with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection[J].SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND TARGETED THERAPY.2021,6(1):doi:10.1038/s41392-021-00596-2.
APA:
Sui, Zhiwei,Dai, Xinhua,Lu, Qingbin,Zhang, Yulan,Huang, Min...&Peng, Ke.(2021).Viral dynamics and antibody responses in people with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND TARGETED THERAPY,6,(1)
MLA:
Sui, Zhiwei,et al."Viral dynamics and antibody responses in people with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection".SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND TARGETED THERAPY 6..1(2021)