Serological in a sentence

And there are still not nearly enough materials for either widespread RT-PCR or serological testing.

But Wilson doubts Canada will be able to administer enough serological tests to cover everyone who wants one, limiting that risk of conflict.

Dr. Pati told reporters that after four weeks the second phase serological survey will be conducted.

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Serological testing could also be used to make strategic staffing decisions about essential workers, including medical personnel – for instance, assigning to the front lines those who are have antibodies and are thus presumably immune.

Serological tests are tests that look for antibodies in blood samples.

Since a serological test can only confirm the former, a patient may still need an additional RT-PCR test to establish the latter.

The latest round of serological tests conducted in August revealed that around 28.3 per cent of Delhi’s population has now been exposed to Covid-19.

The report further said that the serological tests, which screen the plasma for antibodies developed in the body to protect it from the virus, takes under 30 minutes to give out results.

The serological studies have economic implications.

The serological test (IgG antibody) will indicate if a person had a previous Covid-19 infection.

The United Kingdom ordered 3.5 million serological tests.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun preliminary studies into serological tests – called sero-surveys – to try to determine what proportion of Americans caught the disease but evaded detection.

The WHO also believes that the serological tests currently used to look for the presence of antibodies “need additional validation to determine their accuracy and reliability”.

This procedure is known as a serological test.

When the world was talking about the high potential for serological testing in preventing the disease’s spread, the Health Ministry bought 2.4 million kits to test citizens for past infection, at a cost of NIS 112 million.

Whereas the swab (“antigen” or “PCR”) test can detect whether someone has the virus, the “serological” (blood or plasma) antibody test detects when someone has had it — possibly weeks or months earlier.

While the serological data may reignite those claims, it is common for health authorities to under-report cases during an acute outbreak, given testing capabilities can be limited and hospitals overwhelmed with a sudden surge in patients.

It is based on the Kauffman-White classification scheme that differentiates serological varieties from each other.

Serological tests indicated that the bacterium was not related to known species of Mycoplasma.