{"id":85487,"date":"2020-03-30T21:26:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14515"},"modified":"2020-03-30T21:26:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:56:22","slug":"explained-how-antibody-test-for-covid-19-is-different-from-pcr-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-how-antibody-test-for-covid-19-is-different-from-pcr-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: How antibody test for COVID-19 is different from PCR test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has sought price quotes for the supply of 10 lakh antibody kits (serological test) for diagnosis of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Two types of tests for viral infections<\/strong>: Genetic and serological<\/li><li><strong>Genetic test<\/strong>: It is conducted on a swab collected from the back of the throat, a liquid sample from the lower respiratory tract, or a simple saliva sample.<\/li><li><strong>Serological Test:<\/strong> It is a blood test to detect the presence of antibodies against a microorganism.<\/li><li><strong>Advantage of Serological Test over Genetic Test:<\/strong>. Serological tests help detect and trace past infections while genetic tests can only identify infections that are active. They are relatively cheaper than genetic tests.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It&nbsp; is the apex and premier medical research organization in India.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Function: <\/strong>planning, formulation, coordination, implementation and promotion of biomedical research.<\/li><li><strong>Nodal Ministry:<\/strong> Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has sought price quotes for the supply of 10 lakh antibody kits (serological test) for diagnosis of COVID-19. Facts: Two types of tests for viral infections: Genetic and serological Genetic test: It is conducted on a swab collected from the back of the throat, a liquid sample from&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-how-antibody-test-for-covid-19-is-different-from-pcr-test\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: How antibody test for COVID-19 is different from PCR test<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2028,2845],"class_list":["post-85487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-coronavirus","tag-serological-test","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704672438},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}