What does it mean to test positive to a antibody/antigen test?
1 Answer
May 25, 2016
To test positive to an antigen test means that you are currently infected with a certain antigen/illness. To test positive to an antibody test means that you are either or have been in the past been infected by a certain antigen/illness.
Explanation:
An antigen is a foreign body in the human body. An antibody is one way the body fights an invading antigen.
To test positive to an antigen test means that you are currently infected with a certain antigen/illness.
To test positive to an antibody test means that you are either or have been in the past been infected by a certain antigen/illness.
