Standard tests only
detect antibodies against the virus, not the virus itself.
Not exact matches
During this period,
antibodies against the
virus, which are
detected by diagnostic tests, are just beginning to appear in a person's blood.
Virus replication was
detected by using rabbit
antibody against the nucleocapsid protein of bat SARSr - CoV Rp3 followed by Cy3 - conjugated mouse anti-rabbit IgG.
It could be too early in the infection to
detect antibodies, for example, or the cat may be unable to make
antibodies against the
virus.
Several newer tests can
detect parts of the
virus» genetic material, rather than the
antibodies against it, but they can't distinguish between a harmless FCoV and a mutated form that causes FIP.
This study was designed to evaluate two tests for
detecting antibodies against canine parvovirus and canine distemper
virus, in the hopes if evaluating individual dogs» risk of contracting disease.