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DRDO s Indigenous COVID-19 Antibody Detection Kit to Hit the Markets Soon
DIPCOVAN kit will be very useful for understanding COVID‐19 epidemiology and assessing an individual s previous SARS‐CoV‐2 exposure
| 21 May 2021 3:36 PM GMT
New Delhi: Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has developed DIPCOVAN kit, an indigenous COVID-19 antibody detection-based kit, to be sold across India from June first week.
It is expected to be available at about Rs 75 per test. The kit will be very useful for understanding COVID‐19 epidemiology and assessing an individual s previous SARS‐CoV‐2 exposure.
Reports said that it can detect both spike and nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high sensitivity of 97 per cent and specificity of 99 per cent.
DRDO develops antibody test kit DIPCOVAN for early detection of COVID-19
DRDO develops antibody test kit DIPCOVAN for early detection of COVID-19
ANI / Updated: May 21, 2021, 17:05 IST
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DIPCOVAN, the DIPAS-VDx COVID 19 IgG Antibody Microwell ELISA for sero-surveillance has been developed by the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) in association with Delhi-based firm Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt Ltd.
According to DRDO, the kit can detect spike as well as nucleocapsid (S and N) proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high sensitivity of 97 per cent and specificity of 99 per cent. It was developed indigenously by scientists, followed by extensive validation on over 1000 patient samples at various COVID hospitals in Delhi.
The DIPCOVAN kit can detect both spikes as well as nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high sensitivity of 97 per cent and specificity of 99 per cent
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an antibody detection kit known as Dipcovan, which is expected to be available at Rs 75 per test in the market from June first week onwards.The kit has been developed by the .