" Detection of viral RNA may not indicate the presence of infectious virus or that 2019-nCoV is the causative agent for clinical symptoms, This test cannot rule out diseases caused by other bacterial or viral pathogens." CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel Page 38 https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download
" Detection of viral RNA may not indicate the presence of infectious virus or that 2019-nCoV is the causative agent for clinical symptoms, This test cannot rule out diseases caused by other bacterial or viral pathogens." CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel Page 38 https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download
Mullins, who developed the test said it was not for screening, but when a patient was sick it was to detect which organism is present. I’ll give you an example:
When our dog was 3 months old he got a vaccine (wasn’t my idea). Within a day he started getting sick. Within three days he had rattles in his chest. It turned out he had pneumonia. They aspirated his lung and sent the sample out for a PCR test. It came back as the organism that was in the vaccine. It was then treated appropriately.
" Detection of viral RNA may not indicate the presence of infectious virus or that 2019-nCoV is the causative agent for clinical symptoms, This test cannot rule out diseases caused by other bacterial or viral pathogens." CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel Page 38 https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download
Mullins, who developed the test said it was not for screening, but when a patient was sick it was to detect which organism is present. I’ll give you an example:
When our dog was 3 months old he got a vaccine (wasn’t my idea). Within a day he started getting sick. Within three days he had rattles in his chest. It turned out he had pneumonia. They aspirated his lung and sent the sample out for a PCR test. It came back as the organism that was in the vaccine. It was then treated appropriately.