Listen "COVID-19 Antibody Testing Update: Elitza Theel, Ph.D."
Episode Synopsis
(01:07) Has the utility or the role of antibody testing changed or evolved in any way for you over the past months or since the pandemic began? (04:06) What do we know about the antibody response to the virus and how is our knowledge grown in that area? I think one question that people have is do we all make antibodies to the virus and how long do those antibodies last, and will they protect us from re-infection? (06:41) You mentioned briefly there's a neutralizing antibody test that recently received FDA emergency use authorization. Can you tell us a little bit about that and how you envision that test being used? (10:33) Can we reach herd immunity based on natural infection alone?(11:56) Once we have a vaccine, do you envision antibody testing being used to confirm that vaccination was successful? That people develop an antibody response because of the vaccine? (14:10) And would you say, out of all the antibody tests, how many of them are spike — that detect antibodies to the spike protein? It's all of them, right?ResourcesCOVID-19 Testing Resource CenterThe Importance of Antibody Testing in Addressing COVID-19COVID-19 TestingFrequently Asked Questions: COVID-19 Serology Testing
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