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cord-312646-hfv7ce3f	Pfützner, Andreas	Comment to Döhla et al., Rapid point-of-care testing for SARS-CoV- 2 in a community screening setting shows low sensitivity	2020-06-02		.txt	text/plain	485	30	58	title: Comment to Döhla et al., Rapid point-of-care testing for SARS-CoV2 in a community screening setting shows low sensitivity In this manuscript, a point-of-care rapid test for assessment of anti-SARS-CoV-2 virus antibodies (IgG/IgM) is evaluated for sensitivity and specificity to detect the viral infection. They found that the antibody rapid test only detects 36.4 % of the samples identified as positive by means of RT-PCR, and conclude that this POCT is not recommendable for community screenings. In case that recent reports are confirmed that people with past infections may become asymptomatic carriers of the SARS-CoV-2 virus [3] , the antibody tests may be the only way to differentiate PCR-positive subjects into two groups: i.) patients who are freshly infected and may soon develop clinical symptoms (negative IgG result) and ii.) patients who have developed antibodies and may now be asymptomatic virus spreaders (positive IgG result). Rapid point-of-care testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a community screening setting shows low sensitivity	./cache/cord-312646-hfv7ce3f.txt	./txt/cord-312646-hfv7ce3f.txt