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Antibody testing

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Davidhs Wed 29-Apr-20 09:37:21

My grandsons girlfriend from college has just had a positive antibody test, her mum is a nurse. At the end of January she was very ill at college, all the C19 symptoms, did not get tested of course, 10 days later grandson was ill. He came home for the weekend and gave it to me, mid February by then. I had a serious cough and chest pains for a week, other family members also had various symptoms, mostly mild or none.

So it started at college, most likely introduced by a fellow student who had been to an Italian ski resort in the New Year, so we can be pretty sure it was circulating in northern Italy over Christmas.

So assuming the Antibody Test is accurate it confirms my own suspicion that we all have been infected here.

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Farmor15 Wed 29-Apr-20 20:38:24

The antibody test mentioned by BlueBelle is a lab based test, not the type of home test the UK government was hoping to roll out, but which was found unreliable. Lab based antibody tests might be useful as part of a screening programme to find out what proportion of population has been exposed to virus.
Notanan is not confused between antibody and antigen tests.

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GrannyLaine Wed 29-Apr-20 21:26:19

Antibodies and antigens arent two different things
Really Farmor?
Antigen test = throat & nasal swab for those currently experiencing symptoms or household member has symptoms.
Antibody test = blood test will ultimately show extent and spread of Covid19 across the population. My comprehension is just fine.

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notanan2 Wed 29-Apr-20 23:34:10

Antigens and antibodies work together
They are part of the same whole.

We were never talking about throat swabs that was just your derail/inability to read the OP properly.

This was always a thread about immunity testing. For everybody but you anyway.

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GrannyLaine Wed 29-Apr-20 23:54:24

Oh I do beg your pardon notanan, I didn't realise that this was a thread just for you to comment. I read the OP just fine, and I have absolutely no agenda for derailing any thread. If you could take a little of your own advice, I was talking about the difference between the specific tests, not the difference between 'antigen' and 'antibody' Davidhs answered my question with accuracy and politeness.

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notanan2 Thu 30-Apr-20 00:05:31

You have been nasty and condescending when it was you who got the wrong end of the stick.

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GrannyLaine Thu 30-Apr-20 00:24:44

hmm
Absolutely no interest in your stick.
I'll leave you to your thread........

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