Notification EUROIMMUN AG from Lübeck in Germany, a manufacturer of reagents and automated systems for medical laboratory diagnostics, has developed a PCR test for direct virus detection, in addition to the assays for the detection of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 (ELISA). The new test is a real-time reverse transcriptase PCR used to detect the genetic material […]
Press release EUROIMMUN AG (Lübeck, Germany), a manufacturer of reagents and instruments for medical laboratory diagnostics, has developed serological tests for detection of antibodies against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The two ELISAs enable detection of specific IgA and IgG against the virus in the blood of infected patients. In December 2019 the WHO in China
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