Journal of Laboratory Physicians, Table of Contents CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2020; 12(01): 01-02DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1712711 Editorial Rapid Antibody-based Tests for the Diagnosis of COVID-19: A Bigger Epidemic of Unscientific Practices Authors Author Affiliations Sarman Singh 1 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Recommend Article Abstract Full Text References References 1 Zheng J. SARS-CoV-2: an Emerging Coronavirus that Causes a Global Threat. Int J Biol Sci 2020; 16 (10) 1678-1685 2 Wu Y, Ho W, Huang Y. et al SARS-CoV-2 is an appropriate name for the new coronavirus. Lancet 2020; 395 (10228) 949-950 3 Coronavirus Update (Live). 3,272,102 Cases and 231,321 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer. Available at: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/. Accessed May 4, 2020 4 Corman VM, Landt O, Kaiser M, et al. Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR. Euro Surveill 2020;25(3) 5 CDC. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/rt-pcr-panel-primer-probes.htmlAccessed May 4, 2020 6 Al-Muharraqi MA. Testing Recommendation for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) in Patients Planned for Surgery - Continuing the Service and ‘Suppressing’ the Pandemic. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7152878/Accessed May 4, 2020 7 Singh S, Katoch VM. Commercial serological tests for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in India: time for introspection. Indian J Med Res 2011; 134 (05) 583-587 8 Thacker T. India to Begin Antibody Tests to Confirm Covid-19 Exposure. Economic Times. Available at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/covid-19-icmr-invites-bids-for-antibody-kit-for-virus-diagnosis/articleshow/74818887.cms?from=mdr. Accessed May 4, 2020 9 Hizbullah Md, Sharma M. Testing the System: Unreliable Covid Kits Penetrate Market. Available at: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-today-tv-investigation-on-covid-19-testing-kits-in-private-markets-1672139-2020-04-28Accessed May 4, 2020 10 Imai K, Tabata S, Ikeda M. et al Clinical evaluation of an immunochromatographic IgM/IgG antibody assay and chest computed tomography for the diagnosis of COVID-19. J Clin Virol 2020; (e-pub ahead of print) 11 Petherick A. Developing antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2. Lancet 2020; 395 (10230) 1101-1102
