The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a virus that belongs to the family of coronaviruses, of the genus Betacoronavirus, which emerged in China in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, in December 2019 and it has spread throughout the world until being declared by WHO as a pandemic in March 2020.
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, CSIC research groups have worked in collaboration with Immunostep to develop these serological tests capable of detecting specific SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and monitoring immune responses with an estimated accuracy close to 100%.