Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic caused >1 million infections during January-March 2020. There is an urgent need for reliable antibody detection approaches to support diagnosis, vaccine development, safe release of individuals from quarantine, and population lock-down exit strategies. We set out...

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Main Authors: Emily R. Adams, Mark Ainsworth, Rekha Anand, Monique I. Andersson, Kathryn Auckland, J. Kenneth Baillie, Eleanor Barnes, Sally Beer, John I. Bell, Tamsin Berry, Sagida Bibi, Miles Carroll, Senthil K. Chinnakannan, Elizabeth Clutterbuck, Richard J. Cornall, Derrick W. Crook, Thushan de Silva, Wanwisa Dejnirattisai, Kate E. Dingle, Christina Dold, Alexis Espinosa, David W. Eyre, Helen Farmer, Maria Fernandez Mendoza, Dominique Georgiou, Sarah J. Hoosdally, Alastair Hunter, Katie Jefferey, Dominic F. Kelly, Paul Klenerman, Julian Knight, Clarice Knowles, Andrew J. Kwok, Ullrich Leuschner, Robert Levin, Chang Liu, César López-Camacho, Jose Martinez, Philippa C. Matthews, Hannah McGivern, Alexander J. Mentzer, Jonathan Milton, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, Shona C. Moore, Marta S. Oliveira, Fiona Pereira, Elena Perez, Timothy Peto, Rutger J. Ploeg, Andrew Pollard, Tessa Prince, David J. Roberts, Justine K. Rudkin, Veronica Sanchez, Gavin R. Screaton, Malcolm G. Semple, Jose Slon-Campos, Donal T. Skelly, Elliot Nathan Smith, Alberto Sobrinodiaz, Julie Staves, David I. Stuart, Piyada Supasa, Tomas Surik, Hannah Thraves, Pat Tsang, Lance Turtle, A. Sarah Walker, Beibei Wang, Charlotte Washington, Nicholas Watkins, James Whitehouse, National COVID Testing Scientific Advisory Panel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2020-06-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-139/v1