TEST FOR CORONAVIRUS – WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEANS FOR THE PATIENT?
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https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2020.2.11287Keywords:
coronavirus, SARS-Cov-2, nCov19, detection, tests, PCR, ELISA, IgM, IgG, IgAAbstract
Testing for COVID has become one of the common day activities during pandemic days, often like a visit to dentist or family doctor. However, there are many types of tests with different principles, sensitivities, specificities, and diagnostic windows. And since the COVID disease has a great impact on our social life, changing our behavior, social contacts, and attitude, the incorrect treatment of «test for COVID» can have deteriorating results. The «COVID test» is seldom interpreted correctly due to multiple technologies, ways of testing, sensitivities and even influence of social media. Here we in a simple form summarize the most common detection methods with their peculiarities in the form of Q&A which typical patients can have. We discuss RT-qPCR, POC express tests, ELISA testing for IgG, IgM antibodies, as well as present our data regarding the longevity of blood antibody titers against coronaviral antigens.
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