id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-318204-t024w7h6 Fang, Ferric C The Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19-- Frequently-Asked Questions 2020-06-08 .txt text/plain 2976 218 51 As communities attempt to re-open following periods of shutdown, the detection of both SARS-CoV-2 and specific antibodies recognizing the virus will become increasingly important as a means to assess infection and immunity in individuals and communities. In view of the less than ideal sensitivity of an NP swab to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection, it may be useful to repeat testing in a patient in whom the clinical suspicion is high (32) . Although the primary use of serologic tests is to determine prior exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the detection of specific antibodies may support the diagnosis of COVID-19 in a patient with a high clinical suspicion but negative PCR tests (57-59). Viral load dynamics and disease severity in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Zhejiang province, China Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in COVID-19 patients as a serologic marker of infection ./cache/cord-318204-t024w7h6.txt ./txt/cord-318204-t024w7h6.txt