For the first time in Hungary, the staff of the Szent Imre University Teaching Hospital is examined with him.

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The new test, recently approved by the US authorities. USA (FDA) and European (CE IVD), demonstrates with 100 percent sensitivity and 99.5 percent accuracy if the subject examined has previously passed SARS-CoV-2 infection. .

Hungary is among the first European states to use the newly developed test; In the first round, staff from the Szent Imre University Teaching Hospital will be examined with him, said the deputy commander-in-chief of the national hospital.

In his article, J. Róbert Bedros wrote that, based on international and national experience, most rapid antibody tests can be used only to a very limited extent or not at all to detect the presence or recovery of infection by coronavirus. According to the results of the recently completed Hungarian examination, the proven rapid test of two different types of coronaviruses delivered to Hungary in large batches showed only 30 percent of the truly positive cases.

He also added that the use of the SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay, which has already confirmed infection and presumably protection, may have important implications not only for health, epidemiology, but also economic.

Decisions necessary for effective control can be made responsibly in light of accurate morbidity data. In line with expectations in this regard, the manufacturing company has established a production capacity for mass production and will launch a full range of serological tests in the coming months, he added.

He emphasized that in addition to PCR-based molecular biological tests that detect the current presence of infectious virus RNA with high reliability but require special equipment and expertise, there is an increasing need for a simpler serological test that both confirms the disease. as potential protection. The development of the tests required a long time and a serious technological base, since it was expected to show positivity only with antibodies produced during the immune response to the virus sought, but always in its presence.

After the St. Imre University Teaching Hospital, several Hungarian institutions are expected to start testing the new type of coronavirus in the near future.


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Like other rapid tests, the Abbott test detects an antibody produced in the body.