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The dynamic change of antibody index against Covid-19 is a powerful diagnostic tool for the early phase of the infection and salvage PCR assay errors

BACKGROUND: Currently, PCR assay is a golden standard for diagnosis of Covid-19. However, it needs nasopharyngeal swabs, expensive instruments and expertise. It even causes PCR errors. METHODS: We validated the antibody assay (Roche) in 36 followed patients and 1879 controls (medical staffs). RESULT...

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Autores principales: Omata, Masao, Hirotsu, Yosuke, Sugiura, Hiroki, Maejima, Makoto, Nagakubo, Yuki, Amemiya, Kenji, Hayakawa, Miyoko, Tsutsui, Toshiharu, Kakizaki, Yumiko, Mochizuki, Hitoshi, Miyashita, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taiwan Society of Microbiology. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33593710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmii.2020.12.009