Antibody tests are being conducted in some countries of the world to see if the virus has developed immune system in the body of patients who have been infected with the coronavirus, although so far, the test has been approved by the World Health Organization or any country.
Countries including China, the United States, Britain as part of the research to use the disease-diagnosis plan The rate of infection was very high where antibody tests were used to determine the level of infection. The process of launching antibody tests has also started in neighboring India. Now Bangladesh has also started this test, especially for those who are giving plasma therapy on an experimental basis, this antibody test is essential.
The Department of Drug Administration has approved antibody tests for research and experimental use on June 24. At the same time, the Department has also given permission to import this test kit. In this case, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been given the minimum sensitivity of the FDA approved kit of 93.8 percent and the specificity of 95.6 percent.
On June 21, the technical committee meeting of the Department of Drug Administration has fixed the minimum sensitivity of the antibody test kit to 90 percent and the specificity of 95 percent in the case of Bangladesh. Antibodies have also been allowed for antigen tests.
Deputy Director of the Department of Medicines Administration. Salahuddin said, ‘According to the recommendations of our technical committee, in the country Antibody tests have been allowed for research and experimental work.’
However, the antibody test has already been mentioned in the national guidelines to deal with the coronavirus.
Antibody test in Bangladesh has been reported and still occasionally done by many experts in the country, Gonoshasthaya Kendra has developed an antibody test kit itself. After the start of the general public, it will show curiosity. After discussion and criticism, the various processes of permission are not checked and the Department of Medicine Administration of the government has not approved the kit for now.
On the other hand, the government has not been able to test everyone interested in the ongoing RT-PCR system, but the government has started thinking about the poison of another simple and acceptable method. In this case, the poison of antibodies and antigen tests has come up in the country. There is already a discussion on the use of different types of RT-PCR machines or gene experts used to diagnose tuberculosis.
100 days after infection in the country Experts are also emphasizing on antibody tests to see what the level of corona antibody is in the human body, although experts have disagreed, some say, now in the country, It is important to make antibody tests open to everyone, while others say that it is not right to open this test to everyone, if you do that, the danger will be worse.
Advisor to the Institute of Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Research (IEDCR). Mushtaq Hossain said, ‘Antibody test is not open to all anywhere in the world. It is only being used for research work in our country. In some cases, it has been used in experimental work, and the scope of the government has been very much in the process of introducing antibody tests in the cluster and the number of people from different professions and clusters.’
He says the cost of foreign kits is very high. If the quality of the invented kit of public health is improved, it will be possible to get it easier and at a minimum cost.
Secretary General of Bangladesh Medicine Society and Head of Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital Dr. Ahmedul Kabir said, ‘In Dhaka Medical, we are trying antibodies to those whose plasma therapy is being given experimentally before. Dhaka Medical School is also being used in the institutions where plasma therapy is being given. However, if it is opened in a pouring way, the danger will be worse. It has not been opened anywhere keeping an eye on that.’
The quality of the kit is known in the sketch, the sensitivity of the antibody kit used in Switzerland is 100 percent and the specificity is 99.8 percent. Britain's kit sensitivity is 100 percent and the specificity is 98.7 percent. The sensitivity of the kit developed by the public property center in Bangladesh is below 70 percent, the Department of Medicine Administration said that the Department of Medicine has not been able to say that it has not been sent to that letter.
Some antibody kits are secretly approved by the government in the country Some have brought in, which is used for plasma therapy, which is said to be multiple sources.
Secretary General of Bangladesh Medical Equipment Importers Society. Kamruzzaman said, ‘The government has approved the import of antibody kits late. We have started importing accordingly. 7,000 kits have arrived from Italy till yesterday, which is being followed by the FDA approved standards. Source: Kale Kan