[Effect of heat inactivation of blood samples on the efficacy of three detection methods of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies].

CONCLUSIONS: Heat inactivation of blood samples at 56 ℃ for 30 min does not obviously affect the results of immunochromatography and chemiluminescent immunoassay for detection of SARS-COV-2 antibodies but can reduce the risk of infection for the operators. Heat-inactivated samples can not be used in fluorescence immunochromatography for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection.
PMID: 32376571 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Southern Medical University - March 29, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Xue X, Zhu C, Huang S, Pan L, Xu J, Li W Tags: Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao Source Type: research