Vol. 3 No. 01 (2022)
Articles

Determination of IgG and IgM against COVID- 19 for Recovered Patients at Different Intervals and by Different Techniques

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  • Enas Wa’ad Ubaid Al- Hadidi,
  • Mahmood Abdaljabbar Al-Tobje
Enas Wa’ad Ubaid Al- Hadidi
Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Mosul University, Mosul-Iraq
Mahmood Abdaljabbar Al-Tobje
Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Mosul University, Mosul-Iraq
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38094/jlbsr30152

Published 2022-01-26

Keywords

  • ELISA,
  • IgG,
  • IgM,
  • Rapid test cassette

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Al- Hadidi, E., & Al-Tobje, M. (2022). Determination of IgG and IgM against COVID- 19 for Recovered Patients at Different Intervals and by Different Techniques. Journal of Life and Bio Sciences Research , 3(01), 07 - 11. https://doi.org/10.38094/jlbsr30152

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Abstract

The research aimed to determine the concentrations of IgG and IgM antibodies for different intervals after recovery from Covid-19, namely 4, 6 and 8 months; the research also aimed to identify the accordance between two types of immunity techniques used to identify the existence of antibodies. The results showed the existence of IgG antibodies with a percentage of (94.03%), and IgM antibodies with a percentage of 55.22% in individuals under study when using ELISA technique. The percentages of these antibodies were (86.56%) for IgG and (16.42%) for IgM when using Rapid test cassette in diagnosis; the matching was 67% between the two methods. Samples of the control group also showed the presence of IgG and IgM with percentages of 68% and 88% respectively.The average concentrations of IgG antibodies were 33.05, 43.21 and 37.53 after 4, 6 and 8 months after infection respectively; the peak was at the 6th month after infection. The averages of IgM were 14.45, 18.52 and 19.18 after 4, 6 and 8 months of being infected respectively; the peak was at the 8th month after infection.

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