Covid Results Detected Not Detected. Answer 1 of 11. However all tests including the COVID-19 antibody test can produce negative results that are incorrect ie false negative results.
You risk unknowingly spreading the virus to others if you dont take proper precautions such as following social distancing guidelines and wearing a face mask when appropriate. This result suggests that you have not been infected with the COVID-19 virus. Its possible that you had the virus but that.
All of these detect SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein N antigens.
For example a healthy persons test result would not detect COVID-19 so the reference range would be negative or not detected If your test result shows a value of positive or detected that falls outside of the reference range and would be considered abnormal or atypical. Meaning if you are tested for the coronavirus and get either a positive or a result saying detected you are infected with the virus and should be quarantined whether you have symptoms or not. If you have no COVID symptoms and your sample comes back Not Detected it may be reasonable to conclude that you are not infected. Nevertheless you could be mistaken.