1. Comparison of SARS-COV-2 antibody assays in PCR negative and PCR positive Turkish patients.
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Karahasan A, Sarınoğlu RC, Can B, Bilgin H, Çimsit NÇ, and Korten V
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- Humans, Pandemics, Turkey epidemiology, Antibodies, Viral, Polymerase Chain Reaction, SARS-CoV-2 genetics, COVID-19 diagnosis
- Abstract
Background: To the Editor, Serology may offer valuable information during COVID-19 pandemic; however, published papers mainly reported the results of symptomatic patients having positive RT-PCR on upper respiratory tract specimens [1]. More studies are needed to address whether asymptomatic patients, or patients with chest imaging compatible with COVID-19 but negative RT-PCR, have different antibody response that could influence assays performances. We wanted to share our data from Turkey where 4,323,596 COVID-19 cases were detected out of 44,087,628 PCR tests by April 20, 2021 but there are only a couple of published studies about serodiagnosis of the infection., Discussion: The authors have no funding source for the study. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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- 2021
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