Cardiovascular disease (including congenital heart disease) or hypertension.
Examples of chronic medical conditions include: The antibodies bind to the spike protein of the COVID-19 virus to stop the virus from entering your cells and continuing the infection. Bamlanivimab + etesevimab and casirivimab + imdevimab are monoclonal antibodies that are specifically designed to protect against severe COVID-19 infection. What are monoclonal antibodies? Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-made proteins that mimic the antibodies created by your immune system to fight off harmful viruses. View the South Dakota Monoclonal Antibody Treatment flyer Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization to allow the use of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of mild to moderate symptoms of COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients.