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Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis . Retrospective clinical evaluation of 4 lateral flow assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgG

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis


. 2020 Aug 2;98(3):115161.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115161. Online ahead of print.
Retrospective clinical evaluation of 4 lateral flow assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgG


Kathrine McAulay[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andrew Bryan[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alexander L Greninger[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Francisca Grill[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Douglas Lake[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Erin J Kaleta[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Thomas E Grys[SUP] 5 [/SUP]



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Abstract

In a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments laboratory setting, we evaluated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) IgG detection with 4 lateral flow immunoassays [LFIAs; 2 iterations from BTNX Inc. (n = 457) and 1 each from ACON Laboratories (n = 200) and SD BIOSENSOR (n = 155)]. In a cohort of primarily hospitalized, reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 cases, sensitivity at ≥14 days from symptom onset was: BTNX kit 1, 95%; BTNX kit 2, 91%; ACON, 95%; and SD, 92%. All assays showed good concordance with the Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay at ≥14 days from symptom onset: BTNX kit 1, 99%; BTNX kit 2, 94%; ACON, 99%; and SD, 100%. Specificity, measured using specimens collected prior to SARS-CoV-2 circulation in the United States and "cross-reactivity challenge" specimens, was 98% for BTNX kit 1 and ACON and 100% for BTNX kit 2 and SD. These results suggest that LFIAs may provide adequate results for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2.

Keywords: COVID-19; IgG; Immunoassay; Lateral flow; SARS-CoV-2; Serology.
 
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