The Functional Medicine Approach to COVID-19: Primer on SARS-CoV-2 Testing

H Messier; J M Evans; P J Hanaway

The Functional Medicine Approach to COVID-19: Primer on SARS-CoV-2 Testing

Integr Med (Encinitas). 2020 May 9;19(Suppl 1):44-53.

Authors

H Messier¹, J M Evans², P J Hanaway³

Affiliations

¹ Medical Intelligence Learning Lab, Inc (MILLI), San Jose, CA.
² The Center for Functional Medicine, Stamford, CT.
³ The Institute for Functional Medicine COVID-19 Task Force, Federal Way, WA.

PMID: 33041707
PMCID: PMC7482150

Abstract

The ability to accurately identify whether individuals are at risk for, infected with, or have an immune response to SARS-CoV-2 is essential to address the COVID-19 pandemic from both a personal, clinical and a public health perspective. We investigate the clinical value of testing for the presence of viral RNA (a surrogate for infection) and the presence of antibodies (a proxy for immunity) to gather data to protect both individual and public health. We define the limitations and the practical clinical application of viral and serologic testing.

Publication types

Review