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Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Research

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection Dynamics and Antibody Responses among Clinically Diverse Patients, Saudi Arabia

Hail M. Al-Abdely1, Claire M. Midgley1Comments to Author , Abdulrahim M. Alkhamis, Glen R. Abedi, Xiaoyan Lu, Alison M. Binder, Khalid H. Alanazi, Azaibi Tamin, Weam M. Banjar, Sandra Lester, Osman Abdalla, Rebecca M. Dahl, Mutaz Mohammed, Suvang Trivedi, Homoud S. Algarni, Senthilkumar K. Sakthivel, Abdullah Algwizani, Fahad Bafaqeeh, Abdullah Alzahrani, Ali Abraheem Alsharef, Raafat F. Alhakeem, Hani A. Aziz Jokhdar, Sameeh S. Ghazal, Natalie J. Thornburg, Dean D. Erdman, Abdullah M. Assiri, John T. WatsonComments to Author , and Susan I. Gerber
Author affiliations: Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.M. Al-Abdely, A.M. Alkhamis, K.H. Alanazi, W.M. Banjar, O. Abdalla, M. Mohammed, H.S. Algarni, A. Alzahrani, A.A. Alsharef, R.F. Alhakeem, H.A.A. Jokhdar, A.M. Assiri); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.M. Midgley, G.R. Abedi, X. Lu, A.M. Binder, A. Tamin, S. Lester, R.M. Dahl, S.K. Sakthivel, N.J. Thornburg, D.D. Erdman, J.T. Watson, S.I. Gerber); Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh (W.M. Banjar); Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh (A. Algwizani, F. Bafaqeeh, S.S. Ghazal)

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Figure 5

MN antibody titers of serum collected from MERS-CoV patients, by patient, severity group, and days since illness onset (day 0), Saudi Arabia, August 1, 2015–August 31, 2016. A) Group 1 patients; B) group 2 patients; C) group 3 patients. The dashed line represents the limit of detection, below which specimens were considered not to have detectable antibodies. Pt 11 did not report any symptoms throughout their illness. Pt 30 was hospitalized and mechanically ventilated before MERS onset because of

Figure 5. MN antibody titers of serum collected from MERS-CoV patients, by patient, severity group, and days since illness onset (day 0), Saudi Arabia, August 1, 2015–August 31, 2016. A) Group 1 patients; B) group 2 patients; C) group 3 patients. The dashed line represents the limit of detection, below which specimens were considered not to have detectable antibodies. Pt 11 did not report any symptoms throughout their illness. Pt 30 was hospitalized and mechanically ventilated before MERS onset because of a road traffic accident. *Patients with documented history of diabetes mellitus. MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; MN, microneutralization assay; ND, antibodies not detected; Pt, patient.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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