Antibodies to the trimeric spike protein were detected by ELISA. MAXISORP immunoplates (442404; NUNC; Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) were coated with
StrepMAB-Classic (2–1507–001; IBA Life Sciences, Göttingen, Germany). Plates were blocked with 2% skimmed milk in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) for 1 h and then incubated with 0.125 μg of soluble SARS-CoV-2 trimeric spike protein or 2% skimmed milk in PBS. After 1 h, plasma was added at 1:50 dilution, followed by alkaline phosphatase (AP)-conjugated anti-human IgG (A9544; Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) at 1:10,000 dilution or AP-conjugated anti-human IgM (A9794; Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) at 1:5,000 dilution. The reaction was developed by the addition of p-nitrophenyl phosphate (PNPP, Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) substrate and stopped with NaOH. The absorbance was measured at 405 nm after 1 h. Further information is provided in Adams et al. [16 (
link)].
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