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Side by side comparison of three fully automated SARS-CoV-2 antibody assays with a focus on specificity

2020-06-05 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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Background: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous new serological test systems for the detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies have become available quickly. However, the clinical performance of many of them is still insufficiently described. Therefore we compared three commercial, CE-marked, SARS-CoV-2 antibody assays side by side. Methods: We included a total of 1,154 specimens from pre-COVID-19 times and 65 samples from COVID-19 patients ([≥]14 days after symptom onset) to e...

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