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Review
. 2020 Aug 24;192(34):E973-E979.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.201588. Epub 2020 Aug 3.

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) serology: implications for clinical practice, laboratory medicine and public health

Paul Van Caeseele  1 ; Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network; Dana Bailey  1 ; Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists; Sarah E Forgie  1 ; Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada; Tanis C Dingle  1 ; Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; Mel Krajden  2 ; COVID-19 Immunity Task Force
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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) serology: implications for clinical practice, laboratory medicine and public health

Paul Van Caeseele et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: Paul Van Caeseele is the director of the Cadham Provincial Public Health Laboratory (Manitoba Health). Mel Krajden has received grants paid to his institution from Roche, Hologica and Siemens. No other competing interests were declared. For competing interests of members of the 5 authorship groups, see Appendix 1, available at https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.201588/tab-related-content.

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Description and projection for the kinetics of antibody response to infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). With only a few months of experience to date, projections into years, although based on experience with other coronaviruses, must be regarded as speculative. Data on immunoglobulin A (IgA) responses are still emerging. Note: IgM = immunoglobulin M, IgG = immunoglobulin G.
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