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VOLUME: 36 | ISSUE: 2S | Jun 24, 2020 | PAGE: (43 - 46) | DOI: 10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-384

Serological (Antibody-Based) Tests for COVID-19: A Pathologist's Perspective

Authors: Muhammad Usman Shams , Raees Abbas Lail , Sobia Khalid

Authors

Muhammad Usman Shams

Research Director, Mughal Diagnostics & Research Labs, a project of Mughal Eye Hospital Trust Johar Town, Lahore-Pakistan.

Raees Abbas Lail

Associate Professor, Head Department of Pathology, Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal-Pakistan.

Sobia Khalid

Lecturer, Department of Morbid Anatomy & Histopathology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan.

Publication History

Received: May 11, 2020

Revised: May 18, 2020

Accepted: June 18, 2020

Published: June 24, 2020

Abstract

The essential and critical role of laboratory medicine in the current Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID19) outbreak regarding diagnosis, therapeutics and prognostics cannot be overruled. No laboratory test is perfect and there is always a dilemma especially for respiratory diseases as in case of tuberculosis. Sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV are not always perfect for any one test. In case of COVID-19, we need to step ahead of PCR and also start supplementary serology testing. It will provide wide range of information, important for future thinking, planning and actions against COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19, Antibody-based tests, Screening, World Health Organization.

Pubmed Style

Muhammad Usman Shams, Raees Abbas Lail, Sobia Khalid. Serological (Antibody-Based) Tests for COVID-19: A Pathologist's Perspective. BioMedica. 2020; 24 (June 2020): 43-46. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-384

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Muhammad Usman Shams, Raees Abbas Lail, Sobia Khalid. Serological (Antibody-Based) Tests for COVID-19: A Pathologist's Perspective. https://biomedicapk.com/articles/online_first/384 [Access: April 29, 2024]. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-384

AMA (American Medical Association) Style

Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Muhammad Usman Shams, Raees Abbas Lail, Sobia Khalid. Serological (Antibody-Based) Tests for COVID-19: A Pathologist's Perspective. BioMedica. (2020), [cited April 29, 2024]; 24 (June 2020): 43-46. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-384

Harvard Style

Muhammad Usman Shams, Raees Abbas Lail, Sobia Khalid (2020) Serological (Antibody-Based) Tests for COVID-19: A Pathologist's Perspective. BioMedica, 24 (June 2020): 43-46. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-384

Chicago Style

Muhammad Usman Shams, Raees Abbas Lail, Sobia Khalid. "Serological (Antibody-Based) Tests for COVID-19: A Pathologist's Perspective." 24 (2020), 43-46. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-384

MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Muhammad Usman Shams, Raees Abbas Lail, Sobia Khalid. "Serological (Antibody-Based) Tests for COVID-19: A Pathologist's Perspective." 24.June 2020 (2020), 43-46. Print. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-384

APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Muhammad Usman Shams, Raees Abbas Lail, Sobia Khalid (2020) Serological (Antibody-Based) Tests for COVID-19: A Pathologist's Perspective. , 24 (June 2020), 43-46. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-384