Covid Results Value Not Detected. If the virus isnt detected within 40 amplification cycles the test result is negative. Tested Positive - Friends.
Not Detected means the normal standard result is not to have COVID detected in the sample. If your antibody test result was negative this means that the test did not detect any COVID-19 antibodies in your blood. This suggests that you have not been exposed to COVID-19 or you have not developed enough antibodies to be detected by the test.
A negative or not detected test result means that the virus that causes COVID-19 was not found in your sample.
This suggests that you have not been exposed to COVID-19 or you have not developed enough antibodies to be detected by the test. Antibody test results can aid in determining who may donate a part of their blood plasma seem as a possible treatment for those who are seriously ill from COVID-19. Because you received a positive result we know that the test detected the virus in your sample by the time it reached its 40-cycle limit. However all tests including the COVID-19 antibody test can produce negative results that are incorrect ie false negative results.