India Develops Antibody Testing Kit
May 11, 2020
6:55 am
India’s National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has successfully developed the country’s first antibody testing kit to combat COVID-19.
The kit is called ELIZA, an acronym for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the health minister announced the breakthrough on Sunday.
ELISA kits are similar to rapid antibody tests, which detect antibodies in the blood to find out if an individual was infected with COVID-19 infection or not.
“National Institute of Virology, Pune, has successfully developed the 1st indigenous anti-SARS-CoV-2 human IgG ELISA test kit for antibody detection of COVID-19.
“This robust …
