SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibody Test

A self-pay blood test measuring SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies, the longer-lasting class of antibodies that can appear after a past coronavirus infection — whether the illness was symptomatic or silent. At AKI Centrum's ISO 15189-accredited laboratory in Brno-Štýřice, the venous sample is drawn on site and results are issued within five working days. The lab advises testing at least 14 days after recovery and does not perform the test during acute respiratory illness. Payment is in cash on the day; self-payers book directly through AKI reception without a referral.

This is a self-pay (samoplátci) serology test for SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies, performed at AKI Centrum's in-house laboratory on Vinohrady in the Brno-Štýřice district. IgG is the slower-forming, longer-persisting antibody class, so a positive result is associated with a previous encounter with the SARS-CoV-2 virus rather than a current acute infection. The clinic explicitly notes that IgG antibodies may be present after a past illness whether or not it produced symptoms, and that the result is most informative when the test is taken at least 14 days after recovery. The process is straightforward: you contact AKI reception to request the test (no doctor's referral is needed for self-payers), attend the Brno-Štýřice laboratory during its sampling hours, and a nurse takes a standard venous blood sample. The whole appointment is short — around 15 minutes for the draw and paperwork. The laboratory then processes the serum and releases the result within five working days at the latest; results can be collected through the clinic's standard results channel. Payment of 400 Kč is taken in cash on the day of the draw — card payment is not offered for this test. The test is intended for people who want to confirm prior exposure or document an antibody response after a known or suspected past infection. It is not suitable during an active respiratory illness, and AKI's laboratory states it will not perform the test while acute symptoms are present — sampling should wait until at least 14 days after recovery. As with any antibody test, a result should be interpreted in clinical context: it indicates immune exposure and is not a measure of current infectiousness or of protection against future infection. Anyone with questions about how to read their result can discuss it with their physician. The test is run in a laboratory accredited to ČSN EN ISO 15189, the Czech standard for medical-laboratory quality and competence, which underpins the reliability of the reported antibody value.