The diagnostic value of rapid anti IgM and IgG detecting tests in the identification of patients with SARS CoV-2 virus infection

• Published in: Orvosi hetilap Vol. 161; no. 20; p. 807
• Main Authors: Vásárhelyi, Barna, Kristóf, Katalin, Ostorházi, Eszter, Szabó, Dóra, Prohászka, Zoltán, Merkely, Béla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Hungarian
• Published: Hungary 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Antibodies, Viral - analysis; Betacoronavirus; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; Humans; Hungary; Immunoassay - methods; Immunoglobulin G - analysis; Immunoglobulin M - analysis; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Predictive Value of Tests; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; SARS-CoV-2; Sensitivity and Specificity; Hungary; gyorsteszt; SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus; COVID–19-pandémia; real-time PCR; real-time’ PCR; SARS-CoV-2 vírus; rapid tests; COVID-19 pandemia

Introduction: At the end of March, 2020, rapid tests detecting the presence of antiviral IgM and IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 virus were introduced in Hungary for the identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19 disease). Aim: We evaluated two rapid tests (Anhui and Clungene) in comparison...