Director of the Institute of the State Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamalei, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Professor Alexander Gintsburg MOSCOW, January 18 The Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology has developed a test system for determining virus-neutralizing antibodies to the Omicron coronavirus strain, director of the center Alexander Gintsburg told RIA Novosti. We have a test system for detecting virus-neutralizing antibodies to Omicron, but it is only available at our center so far,» Ginzburg said. /> Biologist predicted a sharp increase in the incidence of «omicron» in Russia Earlier, Gunzburg told RIA Novosti that he himself was infected with «omicron», but did not get sick, thanks to the protection of the Sputnik V vaccine. It was possible to establish this precisely thanks to this test system, which showed a high level of virus-neutralizing antibodies to «omicron».
