Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): antibody testing

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Antibody blood tests, also called antibody tests, check your blood by looking for antibodies, which show if you had a previous infection with the virus. Depending on when someone was infected and the timing of the test, the test may not find antibodies in someone with a current COVID-19 infection. Antibodies are proteins that help fight off infections. Antibody tests should not be used as the only way to diagnose someone as being currently sick with COVID-19.
  
  Antibody tests are slowly becoming available through healthcare providers.
  
  How to get an antibody test -- CDC’s Work in Antibody Testing.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Antibodies, Antinuclear/blood Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis COVID-19 Serological Testing COVID-19 Testing Hematologic Tests
• Series:
  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d2d0fe6792db87fa8dda950c27e7961d84f92e62791bd0773d70f47c1db7942bc303de1473985b8f9b39607b5ffeeb41e741b136e0540a043f80b38cef8d417b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/87401/cdc_87401_DS1.pdf
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