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When I am vaccinated, will the antibodies show up in an antibody test?

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Lightsabre · 27/01/2021 09:53

I thought I read somewhere that the antibodies that the vaccine gives you don't show up, for example, in a typical cassette antibody test (like the Roche ones) as they're 'synthetic'. I can't find the article now - does anyone know whether this is true or not.

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Lightsabre · 27/01/2021 14:12

Bump!

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IAmNotFatIAmUnderTall · 27/01/2021 15:28

but they are not synthetic though, they are made by your body in response to the spike proteinConfused

ZydecoLaydee · 27/01/2021 15:34

The Roche test is based on the n antigen which isn’t in the vaccine, so your vaccine induced antibodies wouldn’t show.

Lightsabre · 28/01/2021 18:10

Sorry, synthetic was the wrong word (not even remotely scientific!). Hopefully they'll develop an antibody test that shows antibodies from the spike protein

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Redcherries · 28/01/2021 18:20

Apparently not, I’m asplenic and have been told there’s no way to know if I’ve developed antibodies after the vaccine.

ZydecoLaydee · 28/01/2021 19:09

There are tests that will tell you, the Abbott test is based on the S1 protein.

Lightsabre · 28/01/2021 20:44

Thanks @ZydecoLaydee, I'll look into ordering one.

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