A paper-based multiplexed serological test to monitor immunity against SARS-CoV-2 using machine learning

The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 caused the COVID-19 pandemic and accelerated vaccine development to prevent the spread of the virus and control the disease. Given the sustained high infectivity and evolution of SARS-CoV-2, there is an ongoing interest in developing COVID-19 serology tests to monitor population-level immunity. To address this critical need, we designed a paper-based multiplexed vertical flow assay (xVFA) using five structural proteins of SARS-CoV-2, detecting IgG and IgM antibodies to monitor changes in COVID-19 immunity levels. Our platform not only tracked longitudinal immunity levels but also categorized COVID-19 immunity into three groups: protected, unprotected, and infected, based on the levels of IgG and IgM antibodies. We operated two xVFAs in parallel to detect IgG and IgM antibodies using a total of 40 uL of human serum sample in <20 min per test. After the assay, images of the paper-based sensor panel were captured using a mobile phone-based custom-designed optical reader and then processed by a neural network-based serodiagnostic algorithm. The trained serodiagnostic algorithm was blindly tested with serum samples collected before and after vaccination or infection, achieving an accuracy of 89.5%. The competitive performance of the xVFA, along with its portability, cost-effectiveness, and rapid operation, makes it a promising computational point-of-care (POC) serology test for monitoring COVID-19 immunity, aiding in timely decisions on the administration of booster vaccines and general public health policies to protect vulnerable populations..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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arXiv.org - (2024) vom: 18. Feb. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Eryilmaz, Merve [VerfasserIn]
Goncharov, Artem [VerfasserIn]
Han, Gyeo-Re [VerfasserIn]
Joung, Hyou-Arm [VerfasserIn]
Ballard, Zachary S. [VerfasserIn]
Ghosh, Rajesh [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yijie [VerfasserIn]
Di Carlo, Dino [VerfasserIn]
Ozcan, Aydogan [VerfasserIn]

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Physics - Biological Physics
Physics - Medical Physics
Quantitative Biology - Quantitative Methods

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XAR042655854