What is the role of antibody detection tests in the public health response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?
Antibody detection test • Diagnoses previous infections of COVID-19 in symptomatic patients • Helps stats improve by merging the result with NAAT • Closely monitors course of infection in correlation of antibodies with presenting clinical complains and severity of disease • Determines prevalence in asymptomatic population • Indentifies eligible donors of convalescent plasma • Indentifies status of immune system