Auxiliary Screening COVID-19 by Serology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic remains rampant in many countries/regions. Improving the positive detection rate of COVID-19 infection is an important measure for control and prevention of this pandemic. This meta-analysis aims to systematically summarize the current characteristics of the auxiliary screening methods by serology for COVID-19 infection in real world.

Methods

Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, CNKI, and Wangfang databases were searched for relevant articles published prior to May 1^st, 2022. Data on specificity, sensitivity, positive/negative likelihood ratio, area under curve (AUC), and diagnostic odds ratio (dOR) were calculated purposefully.

Results

Sixty-two studies were included with 35,775 partici

SUBMITTER: Pan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9380738 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature