Evaluation of the auxiliary diagnostic value of antibody assays for the detection of novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2)

The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has taken on pandemic proportions, affecting over 100 countries in a matter of weeks. The goal of this study was to assess the diagnostic values of different methods of detecting and estimating the SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, and the auxiliary diagnostic potential of antibody assays. By retrospectively analyzing the data of viral RNAs and serum immunoglobulin M‐immunoglobulin G...