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Novel testing strategies for SARS-CoV-2 virus surveillance and determination of immunity

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr and Prof Dr and Dr Carsten Watzl, Friedrich Nolte, Roland Hergenröder

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Leibniz-Institut für Arbeitsforschung

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Diagnostics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

To manage the next steps in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it is essential to have better tools for virus detection and to determine viral immunity within the population. The aim of the proposed project is to develop novel test methods for virus detection and for measuring (neutralizing) anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. These tools may help us to detect the virus not only in individuals, but also in defined environments, and to determine who is immune to the infection.