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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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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