Using Prenatal Blood Samples to Evaluate COVID-19 Rapid Serologic Tests Specificity.
Matern Child Health J
; 24(9): 1099-1103, 2020 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Background cross-reactivity with other coronaviruses may reduce the specificity of COVID-19 rapid serologic tests. The vast majority of women attend prenatal care, which is a unique source of population-based blood samples appropriate for validation studies. We used stored 2018 serum samples from an existing pregnancy cohort study to evaluate the specificity of COVID-19 serologic rapid diagnostic tests.METHODS:
We randomly selected 120 stored serum samples from pregnant women enrolled in a cohort in 2018 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, at least 1 year before the COVID-19 pandemic. We used stored serum to evaluate four lateral flow rapid diagnostic tests, following manufacturers' instructions. Pictures were taken for all tests and read by two blinded trained evaluators.RESULTS:
We evaluated 120, 80, 90, and 90 samples, respectively. Specificity for both IgM and IgG was 100% for the first two tests (95% confidence intervals [CI] 97.0-100 and 95.5-100, respectively). The third test had a specificity of 98.9% (95% CI 94.0-100) for IgM and 94.4% (95% CI 87.5-98.2) for IgG. The fourth test had a specificity of 88.9% (95% CI 80.5-94.5) for IgM and 100% (95% CI 96.0-100) for IgG.DISCUSSION:
COVID-19 serologic rapid tests are of variable specificity. Blood specimens from sentinel prenatal clinics provide an opportunity to validate serologic tests with population-based samples.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Atención Prenatal
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Matern Child Health J
Asunto de la revista:
PERINATOLOGIA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Honduras