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TEST RESULTS | GENERAL INTERPRETATION** | |||||||||||||||
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RNA | Antigen | IgM | IgG(SP) | IgG(NP) | ||||||||||||
+ | - | - | - | - |
GENERAL INTERPRETATIONPatient may be in the initial period of infection when antibodies are not yet produced or are under the limit of detection |
Patient may be in the initial period of infection when antibodies are not yet produced or are under the limit of detection | ||||||||||
+ | + | + | - | - |
GENERAL INTERPRETATIONPatient is in the active phase of infection and has started to develop an immune response with antibody production |
Patient is in the active phase of infection and has started to develop an immune response with antibody production | ||||||||||
-/+ | -/+ | + | - | - |
GENERAL INTERPRETATIONPatient may be in the early stage of infection. RNA or antigen result may be undetectable due to timing or specimen collection technique |
Patient may be in the early stage of infection. RNA or antigen result may be undetectable due to timing or specimen collection technique | ||||||||||
+ | - | + | + | + |
GENERAL INTERPRETATIONPatient is likely in the latter stage of infection, particularly when PCR cycle counts are high which suggest residual RNA remnants |
Patient is likely in the latter stage of infection, particularly when PCR cycle counts are high which suggest residual RNA remnants | ||||||||||
- | - | + | + | + |
GENERAL INTERPRETATIONPatient is likely in the late or recovery stages of a natural infection or vaccinated with an attenuated whole virus vaccine |
Patient is likely in the late or recovery stages of a natural infection or vaccinated with an attenuated whole virus vaccine | ||||||||||
- | - | + | + | - |
GENERAL INTERPRETATIONAntibodies detected following a natural infection or a spike protein-based vaccination |
Antibodies detected following a natural infection or a spike protein-based vaccination | ||||||||||
- | - | - | + | + |
GENERAL INTERPRETATIONPatient has recovered or has been infected in the past or vaccinated with an attenuated whole virus vaccine |
Patient has recovered or has been infected in the past or vaccinated with an attenuated whole virus vaccine | ||||||||||
- | - | - | + | - |
GENERAL INTERPRETATIONAntibodies detected following a natural infection or a spike protein-based vaccination |
Antibodies detected following a natural infection or a spike protein-based vaccination |
**Test results must be considered with other clinical data available to the clinician.
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