If you had Covid, you are protected for at least this long study.
Recent research has given more opportunities on protection against natural infections.
Time and time time again, the experts told us that the vaccinated being is theSAFEST and the most effective way to protect against coronavirus. AAnterior Covid Infection Also trigger antibodies, but that Covid can highlight you seriously and research on the duration of your replenishment protected have been mixed. Most experts, including disease control and prevention centers (CDC) always recommend that those who haveHas Covid been vaccinated? also. Now, a new study gave a little more insight into the duration of your virus protégé if you have ever had Covid.
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The study, which was published on July 19th in theNature Communications Newspaper, tested almost a whole Italian city of 3,000 inhabitants of Vo ', Italy forINFECTION WITH COVID Between February and March 2020. Researchers at the University of Padoua and Imperial College London then tested them again in May and November 2020 for antibodies against the virus.
According to the study, 98.8% of people who had been positive for COVID in February or March showed detectable levels of antibodies in November - which means that Covid antibodies persist for at least nine months after infection. . But study the co-authorEnrico lavezzo, PhD, Associate Professor at the University of Padua, Italy, said the antibodies were reduced.
"Follow-up, which has been executedAbout nine months After the epidemic, we found that antibodies were less abundant. We must continue to monitor the persistence of antibodies for longer time spans, "he said in a statement.
The researchers of the Italian study revealed that persistent antibodies after nine months were present in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic cases. "We found no evidence that the levels of antibodies between symptomatic and asymptomatic infections differ significantly, suggesting that the force of the immune response does not depend on the symptoms and severity of the infection", principal authorIraria Dorigatti, PhD, a speaker in Imperial College London, said in a statement.
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The researchers followed antibody levels using three different tests. Dorigatti said his team has found various levels of antibodies based on the test used, so "caution is needed when comparing the estimates of infection levels in a population obtained in different parts of the world with tests. different and at different times. "
Vaccination protection is probably guaranteed even if you have been naturally infected with the virus. A recent study published on June 28 inNature found that Pfizer and Moderna vaccines couldOffer years long protection Against Covid - significantly longer than nine months. The CDC also warned that reinfection with COVID occurs.
"Even if you have already recovered from Covid-19, it is possible - although rare - that you can be infected with the virus that causes Covid-19" again, explains the agency. "Studies have shown that vaccination offers a sharp increase in protection in people who have found themselves from COVID-19."
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