CURRENT TESTS AVAILABLE PCR tests, isothermic nucleic amplification and various antibody detecting assays.(ranging from 15 min to 24hrs or more) MY IDEA · Researchers at Israel have developed monoclonal antibodies which neutralize the COVID virus by binding to its spike proteins. · These antibodies can be used in making a highly specific rapid antigen test for the virus. · The principle behind my idea is Latex agglutination test to detect coronavirus antigen in clinical specimen. Source of my Idea : Latex agglutination test on viruses has been performed successfully for the rapid detection of the rabies and avian flu viruses (h5n1) the size of the covid 19 virus is 60-140nm almost identical to the dimensions of the H5N1 virus 80-120nm, this further supports this idea for testing. My proposed test pro...
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