Serology assays to manage COVID-19

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 368; no. 6495; pp. 1060 - 1061
• Main Authors: Krammer, Florian, Simon, Viviana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The American Association for the Advancement of Science 05.06.2020
• Subjects: Antibodies; Antibodies, Neutralizing - blood; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Assaying; Betacoronavirus; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Coronaviridae; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Etiology; Genomes; Humans; Immunity; Neutralization Tests; Nucleic acids; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; SARS-CoV-2; Sensitivity analysis; Sensitivity and Specificity; Serology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Viral diseases; Viruses

Measurement of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 will improve disease management if used correctly In late 2019, China reported a cluster of atypical pneumonia cases of unknown etiology in Wuhan. The causative agent was identified as a new betacoronavirus, called severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus...