Question

1.What is a COVID-19 Diagnostic Test and how is it performed?

2. What is a COVID-19 Antibody Test and how is it performed?

3. What is the major difference between the two tests?

Answer 1

1. Suspect cases should be screened for the virus with nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) such as RT- PCR ,if testing for covid - 19 is not yet available nationally,specimens should referred.

2. To conduct an antibody test for covid19 typically a health care professional takes a blood sample, usually by a finger prick or by drawing blood from a vein in your arm .then the sample is tested in lab to determine whether you have developed antibodies against the covid- 19 virus.

3. Two kind of test are available for covid19 .viral tests and antibody tests.a viral test tells you if you have a current infection.an antibody test might tell you if you had a past infection.