So a new twist in the ever evolving response to COVID19. I donated convalescent plasma again this past Friday.
As noted, my previous donation turned up negative on the qualitative assay, so I did not receive a titer test and the donation was converted from CCP to FFP.
When I donated this past Friday I tested positive on the qualitative test, which then automatically reflexed to allow for the quantitative test to be performed.
Low titer is 0-11.99, high titer is considered 12.0 or greater. My results were a 2.44. and will be kept as low titer CCP for transfusion to COVID patients.
Just another quirk in the ever changing world we live in. A couple of my thoughts since that last result.
1. The assay had an error on my test and I was a false negative. No harm/no foul really.
2. The past 3 weeks we have had the crud's running through our family, cough, snots, typical cold symptoms that kids bring home from school. My completely unscientific and not medically informed thoughts the cold immune response (being caused by a coronavirus similar to CV19) prompted my immune system to restart producing antibodies in addition to fighting the other cold virus this boosting my antibody levels.
3. We had a mild re-infection run through the family and prompted the response
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