CDC Says Possibly 'Less Than Half' Of Positive Antibody Tests Are Correct

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CDC Says Possibly 'Less Than Half' Of Positive Antibody Tests Are Correct
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The CDC has acknowledged that antibody tests used to determine if people have previously been infected with Covid-19 are not accurate enough to guide important policy decisions.

of Covid-19 tests: molecular diagnostic tests, which can identify people with active infections, even when they have no symptoms, and antibody, or serology, tests, which indicate that a person was infected at some point in the past., an instructor of pathology and immunology at Washington University School of Medicine,"antibody testing is really helpful in monitoring how widely a virus has spread within a community.

However, the CDC has acknowledged that antibody testing can frequently be inaccurate, especially in populations where there is a low prevalence of the coronavirus.

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