Whole Nucleocapsid Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 May Cause False-Positive Results in Serological Assays
Clin Infect Dis
.
2021 Apr 8;72(7):1291-1292.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa637.
Authors
Yutaro Yamaoka
1
2
,
Sundararaj S Jeremiah
1
,
Kei Miyakawa
1
,
Ryo Saji
3
,
Mototsugu Nishii
3
,
Ichiro Takeuchi
3
,
Akihide Ryo
1
Affiliations
1
Department of Microbiology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
2
Life Science Laboratory, Technology and Development Division, Kanto Chemical Co, Inc, Kanagawa, Japan.
3
Department of Emergency Medicine, Yokohama City University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
PMID:
32445559
PMCID:
PMC7314131
DOI:
10.1093/cid/ciaa637
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19*
Humans
Nucleocapsid Proteins / genetics
SARS Virus*
SARS-CoV-2
Substances
Antibodies, Viral
Nucleocapsid Proteins