In the University medical centre of Rostock, a study is underway, with the families on dasCoronavirus Sars-CoV-2, or antibodies against, to be investigated.
The particular focus of the mothers, would be the study leader and chief of the Department of tropical medicine, Emil Reisinger said on Tuesday (21.04.2020) of the German press Agency. He assumes that mothers have in the family a sort of guard position.
They are infected, affected children and the Partner with a high probability of also.
The expiration of the study
The study will start with a total of 400 mothers of children between the ages of one and ten years, which would currently be searched for in the environment of kindergartens. First, the participants would be investigated by revenge test (PCR Test) smear on an existing Sars-CoV-2.
Then the Test of the removed blood is due to the presence of antibodies against the Virus. Antibodies were found, indicates this to the infection, said Reisinger.
Reliability of the Tests
The blood will also be assessed with several the currently available antibody Tests. The background for this was that the reliability of the existing Tests is not yet finally resolved. The study could help to evaluate the reliability. Reisinger is expected that the first results could be available in three to four weeks.
In the case of the currently available antibody Tests is often a Problem that they react also in the case of a prior infection with other corona viruses. Several coronaviruses cause colds in humans.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
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