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Sormani, Maria Pia;
Schiavetti, Irene;
Landi, Doriana;
Carmisciano, Luca;
De Rossi, Nicola;
Cordioli, Cinzia;
Moiola, Lucia;
Radaelli, Marta;
Immovilli, Paolo;
Capobianco, Marco;
Brescia Morra, Vincenzo;
Trojano, Maria;
Tedeschi, Gioacchino;
Comi, Giancarlo;
Battaglia, Mario Alberto;
Patti, Francesco;
Fragoso, Yara Dadalti;
Sen, Sedat;
Siva, Aksel;
Furlan, Roberto;
Salvetti, Marco;
Abbadessa, Gianmarco;
Aguglia, Umberto;
Allegorico, Lia;
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SARS-CoV-2 serology after COVID-19 in multiple sclerosis: An international cohort study
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- Media type: E-Article
- Title: SARS-CoV-2 serology after COVID-19 in multiple sclerosis: An international cohort study
- Contributor: Sormani, Maria Pia; Schiavetti, Irene; Landi, Doriana; Carmisciano, Luca; De Rossi, Nicola; Cordioli, Cinzia; Moiola, Lucia; Radaelli, Marta; Immovilli, Paolo; Capobianco, Marco; Brescia Morra, Vincenzo; Trojano, Maria; Tedeschi, Gioacchino; Comi, Giancarlo; Battaglia, Mario Alberto; Patti, Francesco; Fragoso, Yara Dadalti; Sen, Sedat; Siva, Aksel; Furlan, Roberto; Salvetti, Marco; Abbadessa, Gianmarco; Aguglia, Umberto; Allegorico, Lia; [...]
- imprint: SAGE Publications, 2022
- Published in: Multiple Sclerosis Journal
- Language: English
- DOI: 10.1177/13524585211035318
- ISSN: 1352-4585; 1477-0970
- Keywords: Neurology (clinical) ; Neurology
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- Description: <jats:sec><jats:title>Background:</jats:title><jats:p> The MuSC-19 project is an Italian cohort study open to international partners that collects data on multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with COVID-19. During the second wave of the pandemic, serological tests became routinely available. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective:</jats:title><jats:p> To evaluate the seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies according to the use of disease-modifying therapy (DMT) in a subset of patients included in the MuSC-19 data set who had undergone a serological test. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods:</jats:title><jats:p> We evaluated the association between positive serological test results and time elapsed since infection onset, age, sex, Expanded Disability Status Scale score, comorbidities and DMT exposure using a multivariable logistic model. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:</jats:title><jats:p> Data were collected from 423 patients (345 from Italy, 61 from Turkey and 17 from Brazil) with a serological test performed during follow-up. Overall, 325 out of 423 tested patients (76.8%) had a positive serological test. At multivariate analysis, therapy with anti-CD20 was significantly associated with a reduced probability of developing antibodies after COVID-19 (odds ratio (OR) = 0.20, p = 0.002). </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion:</jats:title><jats:p> Patients with MS maintain the capacity to develop humoral immune response against SARS-COV-2, although to a lesser extent when treated with anti-CD20 drugs. Overall, our results are reassuring with respect to the possibility to achieve sufficient immunization with vaccination. </jats:p></jats:sec>