Host proteins associated with strong neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses in a South African cohort
These results show that host proteins and pathways involved early in SARS-CoV-2 infection associate with neutralizing antibody levels elicited by the infection at convalescence.
Authors
- Sashkia R. Balla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5522-2968)
- Mallory Bernstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7498-2391)
- Kajal Reedoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1148-2650)
- Zesuliwe Jule
- Thandeka Moyo-Gwete (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4269-9281)
- Afrah Khairallah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4838-7032)
- Yashica Ganga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8330-2853)
- Alice Piller
- Farina. Karim
- Khadija Khan
- Alex Sigal
- Bernadett I. Gosnell
- Penny L. Moore
- Mahomed-Yunus S. Moosa
- Thumbi Ndung’u
Institutions
- National Health Laboratory Service (ZA)
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard (US)
- Africa Health Research Institute (ZA)
- University College London (GB)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01427-7
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00