Validity of a Serological Diagnostic Kit for SARS-CoV-2 Available in Iran.
Hamid Reza ShamsollahiMostafa AminiShaban AlizadehSaharnaz NedjatAli Akbari-SariMehdi RezaeiSeyed Farshad AllamehAkbar FotouhiMasoud YunesianPublished in: Archives of Iranian medicine (2020)
This test can be used for epidemiological investigations, especially for the estimation of the level of infection in the community, after it is properly corrected for sensitivity and specificity. The low sensitivity could be attributed to the technical limitations of the kit or low levels of antibodies after infection. The different sensitivity in age and sex groups supports the hypothesis that different people show different immune responses to this virus.