NEW YORK, Oct 13 — The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus. Covid-19 antibodies last at least three months People infected with Covid-19 develop...
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Researchers found IgG antibodies with two targets — a spike protein on the virus that helps it infect cells, and a part of the spike called the receptor binding domain — lasted more than 100 days. Her group also found that antibodies in saliva correlated with antibodies in blood, but at this point the saliva tests are not sensitive enough to replace blood tests.Three months after becoming ill, many Covid-19 patients still have symptoms, two studies confirm, and the more severe the initial infections, the higher the odds of persistent problems.
Rates were higher for patients who had been sicker: 59.4 per cent at 30 days and 40.6 per cent at 90 days. Among patients requiring oxygen at the start, those taking remdesivir continued to need oxygen for an average of 13 days, compared to 21 days for patients who got a placebo.
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