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Volume 21, Number 12—December 2015
Dispatch

Kinetics of Serologic Responses to MERS Coronavirus Infection in Humans, South Korea

Wan Beom Park1, Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera1, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Eric H.Y. Lau, Seong Jin Choi, June Young Chun, Hong Sang Oh, Kyoung-Ho Song, Ji Hwan Bang, Eu Suk Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Sang Won Park, Nam Joong Kim, Leo Lit Man Poon, Ghazi KayaliComments to Author , and Myoung-don OhComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (W.B. Park, P.G. Choe, S.J. Choi, J.Y. Chun, H.S. Oh, K.-H. Song, J.H. Bang, E.S. Kim, H.B. Kim, S.W. Park, N.J. Kim, M.-d. Oh); The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China (R.A.P.M. Perera, E.H.Y. Lau, L.L.M. Poon); Hong Kong University–Pasteur Research Pole, Pokfulam (M. Peiris)

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Table 1

Associations and p values for different clinical factors with time from illness onset to commencement of log phase of antibody response in PRNT50 and S1-ELISA*

Clinical factors Acceleration factor of time from illness onset to log phase of antibody response
PRNT50 titer p value S1-ELISA OD ratio‡ p value
Severe disease 1.61 <0.001 1.19 0.21
Male sex† 0.90 0.52 0.90 0.48
Age >60 y† 0.95 0.73 1.08 0.60
Incubation period, d† 0.97 0.06 0.95 <0.001
Use of corticosteroid† 1.19 0.33 1.14 0.47
Use of antiviral drugs† 1.07 0.61 0.76 0.03
Concomitant conditions† 1.08 0.57 1.15 0.30

*Accelerated failure time models were used; acceleration factor >1 means a longer interval to commencement of antibody response. OD, optical density; PRNT50, 50% endpoint plaque reduction neutralization test.
†Effects were adjusted for severity.
‡Increase over S1-ELISA OD >0.8..

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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