Variable Legend
Timepoint 🕙
Variables
Timepoint
Description
This variable represents the day the sample was acquired after a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test was received
Most donors had samples taken at
Day 1: When donor tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (Within acute phase of infection)
Day 28: ~ 1 month post infection (near start of convalescent phase)
Day 56: ~ 2 months post infection
Day 90: ~ 3 months post infection
Day 120: ~ 4 months post infection
Day 180: ~ 6 months post infection
Disease Severity 😷
Variables
Disease severity
Description
Categorical variable describing the severity of the SARS-CoV-2 symptoms experienced by the donors
The donors would be classified as
asymptomatic
if no symptoms were present, and symptomatic donors were classified asmild
orsevere
Clinical Symptoms 🌡️
Variables
Fever
,Cough
,Change or loss of taste
,Anosmia
,Fatigue
,Shortness of breath
,Nasal congestion
,Sore throat
,Myalgia
,Arthralgia
,Headache
,Diarrhoea
,Vomiting
,Nausea
,Chest pain
,Anorexia
,Asthma
Description
Categorical variables describing whether a donor reported having symptoms specific to SARS-CoV-2 infection
These variables are assigned binary values, with
0
indicating the donor did not present that symptom and1
indicating that the donor reported that symptom when sample was taken
Demographics 👤
Variables
Sex
,Age
Description
Sex: Donors were assigned as male (
m
) or female (f
)Age: Age of donor determined in years
Pseudo-Neutralisating Antibodies 🛡️🦠
Variables
pseudoNA Abs
Description
A measurement of the concentration of neutralizing antibodies from a donor sample required to inhibit 50% of the infection by a SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus
Briefly, this experiment is performed by incubating a plasma sample from a donor with a lentivirus-based SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus particle expressing the spike protein. The mixture is then incubated with HEK 293 ACE2-transfected cells.
Neutralisation titers are reported as the reciprocal of the plasma dilution conferring 50% inhibition (ID50) of pseudovirus infection
Antibody-Dependent Effector Functions 🧪🛡️
Variables
ADCD
,ADMP
,ADNKA
,ADNP
Description
A measurement of the effector function activity of the antibodies in relation to the neutralisation of the virus
Variable names:
ADCD
: Antibody-dependent complement depositionADMP
: Antibody-dependent monocyte phagocytosisADNKA
: Antibody-dependent NK cell activationADNP
: Antibody-dependent neutrophil phagocytosis
SARS-CoV-2 protein-specific T cell responses 🦠🔬
Variables
M T cells elispot
,NP T cells elispot
,nsp3b T cells elispot
,ORF3 T cells elispot
,S1 T cells elispot
,S2 T cells elispot
,Total pos T cells elispot
Description
These are variables that were measured using interferon-gamma enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot) assays. Specifically, this assay was used to measure T cells that recognize varying proteins in the virus
Variable names:
M T cells elispot
,NP T cells elispot
,nsp3b T cells elispot
,ORF3 T cells elispot
,S1 T cells elispot
,S2 T cells elispot
: The first term in the variable name (M
,NP
,nsp3b
,ORF3
,S1
,S2
) are SARS-CoV-2 proteins. Hence the T cells variables are measuring the number of T cells that specifically respond to their corresponding protein.Total pos T cells elispot
: Total T cells measured using the CEFT positive control peptides
Days post symptoms onset ⌛
Variables
Days pso
Description
This variable refers to the number of days after the onset of symptoms for a donor
Immunoglobin Assays - Antibody responses 🛡️🔬
Variables
S-IgA
,S-IgG1
,S-IgG2
,S-IgG3
,S-IgG4
,S-IgM
,S-IgA memB SARS-CoV2
,S-IgG memB SARS-CoV2
,N-IgG
,S-IgG
Description
These variables refer to the concentrations of various immunoglobin antibodies with different targets
Variable names:
S-IgA
: Concentration of immunoglobin A antibodies targeting the spike proteinS-IgG
: Concentration of immunoglobin G antibodies targeting the spike proteinS-IgG1
,S-IgG2
,S-IgG3
,S-IgG4
: Concentration of immunoglobin G subclasses targeting the spike proteinS-IgM
: Concentration of immunoglobin M antibodies targeting the spike proteinS-IgA memB SARS-CoV2
: Concentration of immunoglobin A antibodies produced by memory B cells specific to the spike proteinS-IgG memB SARS-CoV2
: Concentration of immunoglobin G antibodies produced by memory B cells specific to the spike proteinN-IgG
: Concentration of immunoglobin G antibodies targeting the nucleoprotein
Spike-specific IgG+ Memory B cells 💭🦠
Variables
memB 229E
,memB HKU1
,memB NL63
,MemB OC43
,B cells elispot
Description
These variables refer to the concentration of memory B cells that react to various spike proteins in different types of coronavirus
Variable names:
B cells elispot
refers to the number of memory B cells specific to the general SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoproteinmemB 229E
,memB HKU1
,memB NL63
,MemB OC43
refer to the number of memory B cells specific to the coronavirus strain in the variable name. These are seasonal coronaviruses
Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) Assays🔬🧪
Variables
229e MSD
,SARS-CoV1 S MSD
,SARS-CoV2 N MSD
,SARS-CoV2 RBD MSD
,SARS-CoV2 S MSD
,HcoV-HKU1 S MSD
,MERS S MSD
,NL63 S MSD
,OC43 S MSD
Description
These variables are the measurements of antibody levels to various virus spike proteins and other relevant antigens via a MSD multiplexed immunoassay
Variable names:
229e MSD
,HcoV-HKU1 S MSD
,NL63 S MSD
,OC43 S MSD
: Antibody levels in response to seasonal coronavirus spike proteinsSARS-CoV1 S MSD
: Antibody levels in response to SARS-CoV-1 coronavirus spike proteinSARS-CoV2 S MSD
: Antibody levels in response to SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus spike proteinSARS-CoV2 N MSD
: Antibody levels in response to SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus nucleoproteinSARS-CoV2 RBD MSD
: Antibody levels in response to SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus receptor-binding domainMERS S MSD
: Antibody levels in response to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) spike protein
T cell proliferative responses 🦠🔬
Variables
Proliferation M CD4
,Proliferation M CD8
,Proliferation NP CD4
,Proliferation NP CD8
,Proliferation ORF3 CD4
,Proliferation ORF3 CD8
,Proliferation ORF8 CD4
,Proliferation ORF8 CD8
,Proliferation S1 CD4
,Proliferation S1 CD8
,Proliferation S2 CD4
,Proliferation S2 CD8
Description
These variables are the measurement of T cell (specifically CD4 and CD8 T cells) proliferative responses against various SARS-CoV-2 proteins
Responder 🛡️💪
Variables
Responder
Description
This variable refers to the outcome of immune response durability. A donor is assigned a status of
low
orhigh
responderResponder status was calculated based on the titer of the anti-nucleocapsid-specific antibodies measured 6 months post symptoms onset.
anti-N Ab titer ≥ 1.4 = High responder (seropositive). Low responders were donors who were seronegative
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