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Is there a test, or, what are the chances that there will be a test, to check if somebody already had covid19?
by dorfsmay 7y ago
Is there a test, or, what are the chances that there will be a test, to check if somebody already had covid19?
- jamesrcole 7y agoI had been wondering this too I know of one that’s in the works https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/singapore-claims-first-use-antibody-test-track-coronavirus-infections https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/singapore-claims-fir... I have seen other talk about such tests on Twitter but it’s too difficult to find it now. Such tests seem to be called antibody tests or serological tests/assays. EDIT: this twitter thread discusses such tests https://twitter.com/nachristakis/status/1240689935557865472?s=21 https://twitter.com/nachristakis/status/1240689935557865472?...
- kire2345 7y agoThe German virologist Christian Drosten mentioned in his daily coronavirus update that some specialized labs at least in Germany are able to do an antibody blood test. There are also some commercial antibody tests, which have some error rate and as all antibody tests can identify the virus after 7-10 days after onset of symptoms. https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/15-Coronavirus-Update-Infizierte-werden-offenbar-immun,podcastcoronavirus136.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/15-Coronavirus-Update-In...