It is able to identify in 12 minutes if a subject is positive but also to highlight if it has developed antibodies to SarsCov2 and to give an indication of its viral load, so as to immediately identify the most infectious patients.
It is the new Menarini Diagnostics test for antigen detection
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The instrumentation used is the Afias platform, easy to transport and easy to use even outside the laboratories. In practice, the sample is taken from the patient with a nasopharyngeal swab: in case of infection, Afias will detect the presence of the antigen and also highlight the viral load. The same instrumentation can also be used for the serological investigation, measuring the quantity of IgM and IgG antibodies present in the patient's blood. In practice,
the platform allows to perform both tests: swab and serological test.