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  • Sensitive Detection of SARS...
    Morley, Gabriella L; Taylor, Stephen; Jossi, Sian; Perez-Toledo, Marisol; Faustini, Sian E; Marcial-Juarez, Edith; Shields, Adrian M; Goodall, Margaret; Allen, Joel D; Watanabe, Yasunori; Newby, Maddy L; Crispin, Max; Drayson, Mark T; Cunningham, Adam F; Richter, Alex G; O'Shea, Matthew K

    Emerging infectious diseases, 12/2020, Letnik: 26, Številka: 12
    Journal Article

    Dried blood spot (DBS) samples can be used for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 spike antibodies. DBS sampling is comparable to matched serum samples with a relative 98.1% sensitivity and 100% specificity. Thus, DBS sampling offers an alternative for population-wide serologic testing in the coronavirus pandemic.