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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Do the current tests look generically for Coronavirus or more specifically for Covid 19?

I cannot seem to find a definitive statement on what the testing that is happening at the moment searches for.

Thanks in advance for any clarity.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

PCR tests - looking for the virus itself. Similar to the 10day HIV test.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Ask and fab will give! Thank you!

Is that common knowledge - where can I read about it? I am interested to understand more.

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By *adetMan
over a year ago

South of Ipswich

They would test for presence of the virus and wouldn't just go by the symptoms

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By *uietlykinkymeWoman
over a year ago

kinky land


"Do the current tests look generically for Coronavirus or more specifically for Covid 19?

I cannot seem to find a definitive statement on what the testing that is happening at the moment searches for.

Thanks in advance for any clarity."

I believe the blood prick test, 4 weeks after symptoms, looks for covid19 as coroner virus could be the common cold.

The gov are emailing people asking them to trial the test. I'm guessing the NHS is supplying the names of those they issued isolation notices of. Hopefully clarity will come in time though

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

That's right. Sypmtons are so broad as to not be of much use for medical purposes beyond being ultra careful if any of the sypmtoms.

I am interested to understand how the test is working, but it's the isolation of the single virus SARS CoV 2 and if the current test can pick up specifically on the RNA of that. The terminology is bring used quite loosely by media. It is important to focus on specifically Covid 19 SARS CoV 2 as other coronavirus are endemic already.

Anti body testing I can understand.

Thanks again.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Do the current tests look generically for Coronavirus or more specifically for Covid 19?

I cannot seem to find a definitive statement on what the testing that is happening at the moment searches for.

Thanks in advance for any clarity.

I believe the blood prick test, 4 weeks after symptoms, looks for covid19 as coroner virus could be the common cold.

The gov are emailing people asking them to trial the test. I'm guessing the NHS is supplying the names of those they issued isolation notices of. Hopefully clarity will come in time though "

Thanks for your reply.

I understand this to be the Anti-body test. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.

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By *ottielayWoman
over a year ago

by the bay

Yes the current tests carried out in the labs look specifically for covid 19 using rna replication

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have I just found the science nerds of fab?

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Joining the science nerds

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Hoping one Mr Neil Fergusson OBE might pop in so I can ask him about the foot and mouth days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The swab tests are specifically looking for the presense of covid19 (also called SARS-CoV-2) virus RNA. That means you have got the virus...regardless of whether you are symptomatic or not.

The blood prick test which is just coming on board tests for two different antibodies. IgM antibodies peak during recovery and will disapear after around 28 days. IgG antibodies appear around the time IgM peak and should remain longer term. Hence the levels of each may help to indicate when you actually had the virus or not.

The problem is that many of the tests which we ordered (from China mostly) don't seem to be reliable.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just to really anal about this, Covid19 is the disease.

SARS-CoV-2 is the virus causing the disease.

The terms are being used interchangeably by the media, which is ok, but in some contexts it does matter.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Just to really anal about this, Covid19 is the disease.

SARS-CoV-2 is the virus causing the disease.

The terms are being used interchangeably by the media, which is ok, but in some contexts it does matter."

Thanks.That is a really helpful observation. The media is doing as you say and has caused confusion.

There are two current test methods one for anti-bodies and the other for SARS CoV 2 virus specifically.

Considering the prevelance of Corona family it is useful to distinguish one from the others.

Thanks for comments.

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Just to really anal about this, Covid19 is the disease.

SARS-CoV-2 is the virus causing the disease.

The terms are being used interchangeably by the media, which is ok, but in some contexts it does matter.

As far as I'm aware they are interchangeable. I thought covid 19 was the lazy let's give this a name label from corona virus (or viral) disease 2019. Once realised it was as severe as SARS, it was decided to label it SARS CoV 2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome, of the corona virus family, Mark 2).

So, can you source what you've stated? "

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it

Did it myself

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Just to really anal about this, Covid19 is the disease.

SARS-CoV-2 is the virus causing the disease.

The terms are being used interchangeably by the media, which is ok, but in some contexts it does matter.

As far as I'm aware they are interchangeable. I thought covid 19 was the lazy let's give this a name label from corona virus (or viral) disease 2019. Once realised it was as severe as SARS, it was decided to label it SARS CoV 2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome, of the corona virus family, Mark 2).

So, can you source what you've stated?

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it

Did it myself "

Thanks

https://youtu.be/5yD3o6_QGJI

Sources are in the description

Or if you prefer mainstream

https://youtu.be/-LqWX8D_Tns

I was looking for trusted information sources not WHO.

Thanks all the same.

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