Rapid test for the determination of antibodies against Sars-Cov-2

(Ruhr-University Bochum) To determine immunity to Sars-Cov-2 and the effectiveness of potential vaccines, the amount of neutralising antibodies in the blood of recovered or vaccinated individuals must be determined. A traditional neutralisation test usually takes two to three days and must be carried out with infectious coronaviruses in a laboratory complying to biosafety level 3. A Swiss-German research team has launched a test that takes only 18 hours and doesn't have high biosafety requirements.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news