Time course of the sensitivity and specificity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG antibodies for symptomatic COVID-19 in Japan

The accurate and prompt diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection is required for the control and treatment of the coronavirus infection disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this study, we aimed to investigate the time courses of the anti-severe acute corona respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) IgM and IgG titers and to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of such tests according to the specific day after the onset of COVID-19 among a patient population in Japan. We measured the titers of SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG in sera from 105 subjects, including 26 symptomatic COVID-19 patients, using chemiluminescent immunoassay (CLIA) methods utilizing magnetic beads coated with SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein and spike protein. The results of a ROC analysis suggested the possibility that the cutoff values in Japan might be lower than the manufacturer's reported cutoff (10 AU/mL): 1  AU/mL for IgM and 5  AU/mL for IgG. The sensitivity of the test before Day 8 after symptom onset was less than 50%; at Days 9-10, however, we obtained a much higher sensitivity of 81.8% for both IgM and IgG. At 15 days or later after symptom onset, the SARS-CoV-2 IgG test had a sensitivity of 100%. These results suggest that if the number of days since disease onset is taken into consideration, these antibody tests could be very useful for the diagnosis of COVID-19 and similar diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 11(2021), 1 vom: 02. Feb., Seite 2776

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nakano, Yuki [VerfasserIn]
Kurano, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Morita, Yoshifumi [VerfasserIn]
Shimura, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Yokoyama, Rin [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Chungen [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Fuzhen [VerfasserIn]
He, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Kishi, Yoshiro [VerfasserIn]
Okada, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Yoshikawa, Naoyuki [VerfasserIn]
Nagura, Yutaka [VerfasserIn]
Okazaki, Hitoshi [VerfasserIn]
Moriya, Kyoji [VerfasserIn]
Seto, Yasuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Kodama, Tatsuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Yatomi, Yutaka [VerfasserIn]

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Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 19.02.2021

Date Revised 19.02.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-021-82428-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320924556