Performance comparison of three commercial tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a common set of pediatric samples.
J Immunol Methods
; 520: 113536, 2023 09.
Article
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| ID: mdl-37567470
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Serologic testing for SARS CoV-2 is useful for detection of past infection and assisting in diagnosis of post-COVID-19 syndromes such as MIS-C. Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in children differ from adults but most antibody performance studies are limited to adults.OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this study was to compare three commercial SARS-CoV-2 antibody kits in a common set of children being evaluated for SARS-CoV-2 infection.METHODS:
Three SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests Abbott anti-nucleocapsid (N) IgG (AA), Epitope Diagnostics anti-N IgG (EDI) and EUROIMMUN anti-S1 Spike IgG (EU) were compared against two references 1) RT-PCR and 2) consensus IgG (consIgG).RESULTS:
All three tests had a sensitivity <53% compared to RT-PCR, with EU outperforming EDI (p = 0.03). When all samples were compared to consIgG, positive percent agreement was comparable (AA-90%, EU- 98% and EDI- 88%) but EDI had significantly better negative percent agreement than EU (p = 0.009). No difference in test performance was observed using either reference when samples were collected ≥15 days post-symptom onset (PSO).CONCLUSIONS:
Our findings suggest good performance of commercial SARS-CoV-2 IgG assays in pediatric patients with samples collected ≥15 days PSO. Additional studies investigating antibody response and assay performance in children are warranted.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Immunol Methods
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article