It is reliable. It looks for the virus itself and types it. It is, in this context anyway, not an antibody test.
If you are still questioning this result, and I can see why you would, you might want to do the western blot down the road.
Terri
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It is reliable. It looks for the virus itself and types it. It is, in this context anyway, not an antibody test.
If you are still questioning this result, and I can see why you would, you might want to do the western blot down the road.
Terri