COVID-19

One of these antibodies is called a “spike antibody,” meaning that the antibody is directed at the spikes that surround the virus’s outer shell. 

These are the types of antibodies that vaccines aim to teach your body to make in order to protect against infection. 

Natural infection with SARS-CoV-2 will produce different antibodies. These antibodies can bind to not just the spike, but also to other viral proteins such as the nucleocapsid. 

 Current vaccines in development do not lead to antibodies against the nucleocapsid protein.