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Many norwegians with respiratory infections and forkjølelsessymptomer has lately been rejected when they wanted to become koronatestet.
But now it may soon get a test that can show if you have had a korona.
ensures the Quality of the method
Norwegian institute of public health (FHI) has purchased the testkit for the investigation of antibodies against koronavirus, and in common with several other laboratories we soon started to try out and assure the quality of the method, ” says the consultant, Anne-Marte Bakken Kran.
She is specialised in virology and working with resistensovervåkning of the virus in Norway at the FHI.
Antibodies can be detected at most after 2-3 weeks, and probably earlier in some, tells superior.
QUALITY: FHI is among those who are in the process of trying out and quality assurance of the tests of the antibodies of the koronavirus.
Photo: university of Oslo
– You can usually see antibodies in the blood many years after one has undergone an infectious disease. Some of them will, however, decrease over time and eventually is no longer displayed. Since this virus is brand new, we do not know how long the antibodies appear, ” says Crane.
She tells us that it is exactly the same way one detects if one for example has had kyssesyken.
the Tests are designed to detect antibodies against a particular virus. Using proteinbiter, also called antigens, specific for the virus to examine.
If the patient has had infection with this virus, your body will have formed specific antibodies against these proteins, which will be found in the blood. These antibodies will bind to the proteinbitene in the test, while antibodies against other microbes will not bind, ” says Crane.
the Blood thereby works as an archive that stores the memory of infeksjonssykdommen.
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Island tests thousands of completely healthy persons – now should the Uk follow suit and Develop a Norwegian test method
In addition to having purchased the test kit from the medical-technological companies, working together Norwegian institute of public health Oslo university hospital (OUS) to develop a separate Norwegian method for antistoffpåvisning.
This method can be appropriate to use for larger population and in overvåkningsarbeidet.
Kittene we have booked will be fully validated in the course of a few weeks, and hopefully be available for people when. But the test they develop on the OUS is a test of the stock itself and take a longer time to try out. Both these tests are laboratory tests, but there are two different ways to measure antibodies, ” says Crane.
Superior tells that there are benefits to developing a separate Norwegian method, although it takes a longer time.
– It will have very high capacity to analyze many samples, and we will not be as dependent on to buy a ready-made kit, like the rest of the world also are interested in trying. It will also be much cheaper when we have made it yourself, ” she says.
back testing: Soon it may be possible of this if you have had koronavirus. This pictures is of the blood tests to be checked about contains koronavirus in Germany.
Photo: Axel Schmidt / Reuters Therefore vary korona-the numbers are so huge Want to offer testing via your gp
such An antibody will be useful for all where it is of interest to clarify whether they have had covid-19 or not, tell superior.
– In the first place, it is perhaps especially appropriate for healthcare professionals, but also for others. It is also applicable to do more systematic studies in the population to determine the proportion who have undergone the infection.
It is currently not planned the details of how such a test will be provided.
– But it is desirable to provide a testing via their gp, and it will hopefully be open for many after each. In addition, it is desirable to make a study from a representative sample in the different parts of the population, ” says Crane .
TESTING: the Focus now is on testing people with active koronavirus in the body. The picture shows the testing of koronaprøver at a laboratory at St. Olavs hospital. Soon we will be able to test if you have had the virus.
Photo: St. Olavs hospital St. Olavs hospital
She adds that hurtigtester for the antibodies that one can test with a prick in your finger at home, is a completely different technology and a different way to detect antibodies.
– There is much more uncertainty associated with it, and it is not the way to test on, we’re talking about here. But such hurtigtester also has its application.
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