New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificity and 100% sensitivity

Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by xyhopguy on Monday May 11, 2020 @05:51PM (#23147527)

afaik there havent we havent observed major functional mutations in the virus

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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by sanxiyn on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:07PM (#23148327)

We haven't confirmed functional mutations. One of currently known mutations (D614G being a prime suspect) can be functional and we can't rule out the possibility.

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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by weaksauce on Monday May 11, 2020 @06:08PM (#23147700)

The Strain that was seen in ny was more deadly than the strain seen on the west coast. And I’m not sure how many others are out there.

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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by xyhopguy on Monday May 11, 2020 @06:13PM (#23147748)

they have a different lineage, but as I stated previously, no major functional mutations were observed.

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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by arcticbull on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:53PM (#23148869)

We don't yet know why (or even if) more people died in New York than on the west coast, per capita. We certainly cannot yet attribute it to a different strain.

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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by christkv on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @02:14AM (#23151021)

You want to use the word isolate. The SARS2 virus is a strain of the original SARS virus I think

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