Cuba has a new disease diagnosis system
Cuba has a new disease diagnosis system
Havana, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) The Havana-based Immunoessay Research Center informed that Cuba has a new Ultra Micro Analytical System, which allows detecting several diseases early, among them Covid-19, local press reported on Thursday. This technology can support the follow-up of the evolutionary cases as of the fifth day after the first PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test is made in patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
The Umelisa SARS-CoV-2 IgG system, which will be used to diagnose people with suspected contagion, completed its external assessment with very good results at the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute in Havana, the source stated.