Thailand’s antibody test kits on trials with medics at Thammasat University

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Thai researchers at the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) have successfully developed a COVID-19 antibody test kit, which was proven to have high rates of sensitivity and specificity, according to Dr. Peera Jaruampornpan, head of the virology and cell technology at BIOTEC.

 

Dr. Peera said that the antibody or serology test kits, using the ELISA technique, used to detect and quantify soluble substances such as peptides, proteins, antibodies, and hormones, are now being administered to about 1,000 medics in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine of Thammasat University.

 

Coronavirus antibody tests are done to detect the presence of antibodies in the blood which have developed to fight the virus.  A positive antibody test presumably means that a person was infected at some point in the past. A positive result does not, however, indicate that a person currently has a coronavirus infection.

 

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