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Covid-19: Two antibody tests are “highly specific” but vary in sensitivity, evaluations find

BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2066 (Published 21 May 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m2066

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Re: Covid-19: Two antibody tests are “highly specific” but vary in sensitivity, evaluations find

Dear Editor
The evaluations of the sensitivities of the Abbott and Roche kits carried out by Public Health England seem to be based on the assumption that serum from convalescent patients should all be positive. To the extent that this may not always be the case, their true sensitivities may (fortunately) be higher than reported

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24 May 2020
adam schiff
medic
Newbury, Berks