Webinars
Addressing a public health crisis: applications for COVID-19 antibody testing
Presentation
Video
Category: Webinar
Description: COVID-19 antibody testing plays a critical role in the public health response to this pandemic, including helping to determine prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the community or population of interest; providing information to assist in surveillance program efforts, and implement disease mitigation.
During this presentation the presenters discuss commercial lab and public health collaborations, including current COVID-19 initiatives, explain the basis for serology tests for COVID-19 and recommendations for use, describe the utility of antibody testing in seroprevalence surveillance, and containment.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
• Discuss commercial lab and public health collaborations, including current COVID-19 initiatives
• Explain the basis for serology tests for COVID-19 and recommendations for use
• Describe the utility of antibody testing in seroprevalence surveillance and containment