The research group of Professor Takeharu Yamanaka, Professor Akihide Liang, and Professor Shuichi Ito of Yokohama City University School of Medicine is a pediatric patient infected with the new coronavirus in collaboration with Director Hiroyuki Ida of the Jikei University School of Medicine. Started an antibody test to find out how his immune function changed in his body after he recovered.
According to Yokohama City University, the research group is targeting children diagnosed with the new coronavirus infection, and antibodies that are responsible for examining blood three months, six months, and one year after recovery to eliminate viruses and bacteria. Measure the amount of.
The subjects are planned to have more than 16 children under the age of 50 who have been confirmed to have a new type of corona infection by PCR examination of nasopharyngeal swab or saliva.Case registration will be accepted until the end of January 2021.
In Japan, it is reported that nearly 8% of the infection routes of children are in the home, but the number of infections, the proportion of severely ill people, and the number of deaths are extremely small compared to adults. There are still many unclear points such as the actual situation of acquisition and retention of.
Therefore, by conducting an antibody test after recovery, we will investigate how the immune function has changed in the body and clarify the acquisition and retention of the immune function in the medium to long term of pediatric patients.The research group believes that elucidating the acquisition of immune function will be one of the indicators to restore social activity to the previous state under the corona.
