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Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Research Letter

SARS-CoV-2 IgG Levels as Predictors of XBB Variant Neutralization, Israel, 2022­ and 2023

Yaniv LustigComments to Author , Michal Canetti, Victoria Indenbaum, Yovel Peretz, Yael Weiss-Ottolenghi, Ili Margalit, Keren Asraf, Tal Levin, Neta Zuckerman, Enosh Tomer, Michal Mandelboim, Ram Doolman, Noam Barda, and Gili Regev-Yochay
Author affiliations: Sheba Pandemic Research Institute, Ramat-Gan, Israel (Y. Lustig, M. Canetti, Y. Peretz, Y. Weiss-Ottolenghi, I. Margalit, N. Zuckerman, G. Regev-Yochay); Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv, Israel (Y. Lustig, M. Canetti, I. Margalit, M. Mandelboim, G. Regev-Yochay); Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Ramat-Gan (Y. Lustig, V. Indenbaum, T. Levin, N. Zuckerman, E. Tomer, M. Mandelboim); The Dworman Automated-Mega Laboratory, Ramat-Gan (K. Asraf, R. Doolman); ARC Innovation Center, Ramat-Gan (N. Barda); Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel (N. Barda)

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Table

Sex, age range, and COVID-19 history of patient participants who provided samples for testing IgG against SARS-CoV-2 ancestral strain and Omicron XBB-specific neutralizing antibody levels in 2022 and 2023, Israel*

Variable Value
Sex
F 251 (67)
M
122 (33)
No. COVID-19 vaccinations received
0 1 (0.3)
1 13 (3.5)
2 5 (1.3)
3 102 (27)
4 215 (58)
5 36 (9.7)
6
1 (0.3)
No. COVID-19 infections
0 227 (61)
1 120 (32)
2 22 (5.9)
3 3 (0.8)
4 1 (0.3)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated.

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