Dried Blood Spot as an Alternative to Plasma/Serum for SARS-CoV-2 IgG Detection, an Opportunity to Be Sized to Facilitate COVID-19 Surveillance Among Schoolchildren

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Jan;40(1):e46-e47. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002955.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Coordinated Research Center "EpiSoMI", University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Children Hospital V. Buzzi, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, NL, Canada.

PMID: 33181785
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002955

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Viral / blood
COVID-19 / blood
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 Serological Testing / methods*
Dried Blood Spot Testing*
Health Personnel
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Italy
Reproducibility of Results
SARS-CoV-2 / immunology*
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Immunoglobulin G