Back to normal; serological testing for COVID-19 diagnosis unveils missed infections.
Tomoya TsuchidaYuko NitaharaShotaro SuzukiYuko KomaseKatherine CandrayYasutoshi KidoYu NakagamaYukitaka YamasakiMitsuru ImamuraKimito KawahataHiroyuki KunishimaShigeki FujitaniMasamichi MineshitaTakahide MatsudaPublished in: Journal of medical virology (2021)
Eight patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, initially tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 by NAAT, were finally confirmed of the diagnosis by serological testing. To cover the whole spectrum of this heterogenous infectious disease, serology testing should be implemented to the multitiered diagnostic algorithm for COVID-19.