Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS‐CoV‐2

T Fox, J Geppert, J Dinnes, K Scandrett… - Cochrane database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The diagnostic challenges associated with the COVID‐19 pandemic resulted in
rapid development of diagnostic test methods for detecting SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Serology …

Saliva as a candidate for COVID-19 diagnostic testing: a meta-analysis

LM Czumbel, S Kiss, N Farkas, I Mandel… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: COVID-19 is a serious and potentially deadly disease. Early diagnosis of
infected individuals will play an important role in stop** its further escalation. The present …

False negative rate of COVID-19 PCR testing: a discordant testing analysis

JN Kanji, N Zelyas, C MacDonald, K Pabbaraju… - Virology journal, 2021 - Springer
Background COVID-19 is diagnosed via detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA using real time
reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rtRT-PCR). Performance of many SARS …

COVID-19 serology at population scale: SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody responses in saliva

N Pisanic, PR Randad, K Kruczynski… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of an ongoing
pandemic that has infected over 36 million and killed over 1 million people. Informed …

COVID‐19 clinical diagnostics and testing technology

CH Chau, JD Strope, WD Figg - Pharmacotherapy: The Journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Given the global nature of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, the need
for disease detection and expanding testing capacity remains critical priorities. This review …

Molecular, serological, and biochemical diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19: IFCC taskforce evaluation of the latest evidence

MK Bohn, G Lippi, A Horvath, S Sethi… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2020 - degruyter.com
The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has presented major challenges for
clinical laboratories, from initial diagnosis to patient monitoring and treatment. Initial …

Diagnosing COVID‐19 in the emergency department: a sco** review of clinical examinations, laboratory tests, imaging accuracy, and biases

CR Carpenter, PA Mudd, CP West… - Academic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) emerged as a
global pandemic in early 2020 with rapidly evolving approaches to diagnosing the clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Salivary anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgA as an accessible biomarker of mucosal immunity against COVID-19

A Varadhachary, D Chatterjee, J Garza, RP Garr… - MedRxiv, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Mucosal immunity, including secretory IgA (sIgA), plays an important role in
early defenses against respiratory pathogens. Salivary testing, the most convenient way to …

COVID-19 salivary signature: diagnostic and research opportunities

D Sapkota, TM Søland, HK Galtung, LP Sand… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - jcp.bmj.com
The COVID-19 (caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2))
epidemic started in Wuhan (Hubei Province, China) in mid-December 2019 and quickly …

SARS-CoV-2 identification and IgA antibodies in saliva: One sample two tests approach for diagnosis

A Aita, D Basso, AM Cattelan, P Fioretto, F Navaglia… - Clinica chimica acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Aim This study aims to verify whether standardized saliva collection is suitable for SARS-
CoV-2 molecular detection and IgA measurement. Methods 43 COVID-19 inpatients and …