Re: anthony costello ex director WHO on possible lack of specificity of antibody test. Archived Message Posted by brooks on April 5, 2020, 8:42 pm, in reply to "Re: anthony costello ex director WHO on possible lack of specificity of antibody test." Here's a little more, though not much: HZI coordinates project on the prevalence of coronavirus antibodies After an infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, patients have antibodies against the pathogen in their blood. These are retained over a long period of time and are an indication for a past infection. It is assumed that patients who have recovered from the Covid-19 disease cannot be re-infected with SARS-CoV-2. To date, no data are available on whether there is an unrecognized Covid-19 immunity in the population beyond the SARS-CoV-2 infections recorded. The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig is now coordinating a study to investigate this question. Anonymous sera from more than 100,000 donors will be analyzed in the population study. The blood will be regularly tested for antibodies against the Covid-19 pathogen. The study will provide a more accurate picture of immunity and pandemic development. https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/news-events/news/view/article/complete/bevoelkerungsstudie-untersucht-immunitaet-gegen-covid-19/ Message Thread: anthony costello ex director WHO on possible lack of specificity of antibody test. - dan April 4, 2020, 7:03 pm Re: anthony costello ex director WHO on possible lack of specificity of antibody test. - brooks April 4, 2020, 11:51 pm Re: anthony costello ex director WHO on possible lack of specificity of antibody test. - Shyaku April 5, 2020, 12:05 pm Re: anthony costello ex director WHO on possible lack of specificity of antibody test. - brooks April 5, 2020, 1:08 pm Re: anthony costello ex director WHO on possible lack of specificity of antibody test. - Shyaku April 5, 2020, 8:22 pm Re: anthony costello ex director WHO on possible lack of specificity of antibody test. - brooks April 5, 2020, 8:42 pm Re: anthony costello ex director WHO on possible lack of specificity of antibody test. - Shyaku April 7, 2020, 5:27 am better link (i hope) for the Lancet article - brooks April 5, 2020, 1:12 pm   Searching