#Antibody

Jonathan Ball

JonathanKBall

1/nImportant validation update on #Abbott and #Roche #COVIDー19 #Antibody tests. Validation carried out on convalescent sera from hospital (severe) and community (mild) confirmed #SARSCoV2 cases:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/c

Medical Macaroni

dawalelo

@ICMRDELHI must make the validation protocol of rapid antibody testing kits in light of these kits being deemed 'faulty,' after import of nearly five lakh at close to Rs 26

Vathany

KVathany

#COVID19 Serology (aka. #antibody) testing is a popular topic. Here is a tweetatorial on where things stand today in Ontario. As @UHN’s Deputy Division Head for Biochemistry, test validation and

Leo Reap

Leo_ReapDO

1. Type III hypersensitivity reactions typically develop ~6 h after exposure to antigen.This is the timeframe we are often seeing patients rapidly decompensate in (2L -> 15L -> intubation), usually

Dr. Tara Sander Lee

DrTaraSanderLee

Finally joined Twitter today because I can't let the misinformation circulating about President Trump's #Covid_19 treatment continue unchecked.Uninformed commentators are claiming President Trump received a medication created with t

Jason K Lee, MD, FRCPC, FAAAAI, FACAAI

lee_jasonk

Tweetorial on antigenic drift of viruses. New strains of #COVID19 are inevitable. The virus is a single stranded RNA which is flimsy and prone to replication error like all single

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Updates on #COVID19 SerologyAntibody survey data is increasing [All have limitations: hotspots are not representative, some tests may have false positives]However, LA, Boston, NYC, Santa Clara, Netherlands, ..., now evidence

Coronavirus Updates - Alexander Higgins

kr3at

A flawed #coronavirus antibody study in Santa Clara California estimates:1. Infections are under-reported 50 to 85-fold2. 2.49% to 4.16% of the population is infected3. The #covid19 death rate is 0.12-0.2%:Here's

John G. Murphy

JGodiasMurphy

Examples of US-Canada cooperation in the fight against COVID-19: A THREAD[subtext! trade barriers and export controls would put these efforts at risk] BC-based Harmac Pacific’s paper mill has doubled its

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ One point people miss about #Covid:There are super-spreader events.There are also super-TESTER events.What do I mean?Many people infected with #Sars-Cov-2 never have any symptoms at all. The commonly used

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

In light of the recent article from the UK discussing antibody waning - it’s important to read additional reports that show that while the antibodies are waning, they are not

Eighth Century Woodchipper 🌳🪓

BonifaceOption

The problem with highly advanced statistical models is not that the formulas are incorrect or the experts are idiots (though many are IYIs); it is that they are reliant upon

Zachary Elwood

apokerplayer

Just a PSA: I was blocked by @MattGlantz for questioning why he'd want to share this coronavirus article from a shitty, anonymous "news" site. Honestly expected more from Matt on

Charles Holmes

CharlesBHolmes

Earlier today President Trump received a polyclonal antibody cocktail made by the company Regeneron. Here’s what we know about this drug, and the additional drugs a patient in his situation

Governor Mike DeWine

GovMikeDeWine

.@DrAmyActon: Antibodies are formed in our bodies when we fight off this infection, and there is some immunity that builds up. No one is certain how long that immunity will

Pranav Kumar

6pranavk

1/n Bayes + Covid This is a good thread on the topic ... and I would like to build upon this.There are MANY MANY micro-policy implications. TL;DR ICMR has done