High clinical performance and quantitative assessment of antibody kinetics using a dual recognition assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG antibodies

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OBJECTIVES: Several serological SARS-CoV-2 immunoassays have been developed recently but require external validation before widespread use. This study aims at assessing the analytical and clinical performance of the iFlash® anti-SARS-CoV-2 chemiluminescence assay for the detection of both IgM and IgG antibodies. The kinetics of the antibody response was also evaluated.

DESIGN & METHODS: The precision, carry-over, linearity, limit of blank, detection and quantification were assessed. Sensitivity analysis was performed by using 178 sera collected from 154 RT-PCR confirmed COVID-19 patients. The specificity analysis was performed from 75 selected non-SARS-CoV-2 sera with a potential cross-reaction to the SARS-CoV-2 immunoassay.

RESULTS: This iFlash® SARS-CoV-2 assay showed excellent analytical performance. After 2 weeks since symptom onset, the sensitivities for IgM and IgG were 62.2% (95% CI: 52.3-71.2%) and 92.9%% (95% CI: 85.7-96.7%), respectively by using the cut-off provided by the manufacturer. After cut-off optimization (i.e. >2.81 for IgM and >4.86 for IgG), the sensitivity for IgM and IgG were 81.6 (95% CI: 72.7-88.1%) and 95.9% (95% CI: 89.4-98.7%), respectively. Optimized cut-off for IgG improved the sensitivity to reach 100% (95%CI: 87.6-100) from 28 days since symptom onset.

CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that the iFlash® SARS-CoV-2 assay from YHLO biotechnology, has satisfactory analytical performance. Nevertheless, the sensitivity of the IgM is limited for a proper clinical use compared to IgG. The determination of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies from 28 days since symptom onset was associated with high sensitivity, especially using optimized cut-offs (i.e. 100%).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:86

Enthalten in:

Clinical biochemistry - 86(2020) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 23-27

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mairesse, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Favresse, Julien [VerfasserIn]
Eucher, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Elsen, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Tré-Hardy, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Haventith, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Gruson, Damien [VerfasserIn]
Dogné, Jean-Michel [VerfasserIn]
Douxfils, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Göbbels, Paul [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article
Kinetics
SARS-CoV-2
Serology
Symptom onset

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Date Completed 21.12.2020

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2020.08.009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314312617